Places Ivana Viani Wants to Go

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

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

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other ailments throughout Mexican history.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.