Places imcontolini Wants to Go

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

This giant Boston statue of Mary is standing on a globe to show her power over the universe.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

A surprising, but overlooked example of geology in the middle of the nation’s capital.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

Scotland's first free lending library, which protects literacy through inheritance.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

This art center is way beyond your average pumpkin-carving operation.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.