Places heymarykate Wants to Go

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

A B&B on a Victorian lighthouse station in San Francisco Bay.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Direct, creative challenge to Mother Nature's winter wrath.

A Perpetually Under construction Park.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

The humble Hoosier roots of a famed Broadway composer.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

A modern-day wunderkammer dedicated to Indianapolis history, Afrofuturism, and musical vibrations.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

A factory in Milwaukee where poop is reclaimed… and recycled.

An unassuming house in Wisconsin hides a transient artist’s magnum opus.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.