Places irenel Wants to Go

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This Art-Deco-styled, former indoor public bath is now a museum.

This park transforms Montreal's industrial past into a sustainable future, with glowing spheres that capture energy from beneath your feet.

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.

Walk down an otherwise nondescript alley near Washington Square West in South Philly and find yourself in a vivid, immersive mosaic wonderland.

This sculpture is dedicated to a famed cryptid and local icon allegedly witnessed in the early 19th century.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

This solo operation offers the world's only whey wines in flavors such as chocolate-orange.

Oregon's only closed-basin hypersaline lake, an important stopover for migrating waterfowl, is in danger of drying up completely.

This 85-foot-long table is made from a single slice of an old-growth Douglas Fir.

Dozens of whimsical bear statues "hibernate" here during the winter months.

Founded by Cliff Barackman of 'Finding Bigfoot' fame, this museum is dedicated to the study of North America's unacknowledged hairy woodland hominids.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

The short-lived railroad town in central Oregon has been abandoned since the 1930s.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

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

Legendary DIY skatepark where Portland’s best skaters and curious onlookers gather daily.

Founded in 1933, this creamery has produced world-class cheeses and was the first American creamery to win a world champion title at the World Cheese Awards.

The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.

This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.