Places j3taylor Wants to Go

Over 100 miles from the ocean, this ship-shaped building was built in honor of the owner's sailor son.

On the side of Highway 50 East, between Carson City and Dayton, Nevada, sits a giant metal spider made from a vintage Volkswagen Beetle.

Some 46,000 years ago, a volcanic eruption led to a flooding event that carved this short canyon with steep vertical walls.

Since 1985, this Victorian home has operated as a museum filled top to bottom with American-made glassware.

Since 1942, this third-generation Cantonese barbecue join has been turning out gorgeously lacquered roasted meats.

The ruins of a failed dam that was built over land later described as a "sponge."

The remains of a 19th century cargo ship now sits in the middle of a quaint neighborhood after a century spent on the ocean floor.

Around the perimeter of San Francisco’s second-largest park is a meandering 2.7-mile path designed to inspire contemplation.

Take in the beauty of the Milky Way at one of the best sites for stargazing in Nevada—a state with some tough competition.

Well-preserved, still-functional sliding wood doors from Ancient Rome can be found in this Vesuvius-stricken house.

These massive concrete foundations and smelter chimney bricks still smell like smoke after a century.

Walk through abandoned anti-Russian military tunnels on this volcano at the head of Auckland Harbor.

This notorious dive has been serving up both kinds of spirits since 1879.

A reconstructed section of a Roman bathhouse sits next to an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

An unusual double cinder cone with a bent oval crater, in the Lunar Crater Volcanic Field.

London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.

In the high desert east of Bend, the University of Oregon maintains a research observatory on a remote mountain peak.

How did a fuel storage container become one of the most famous sights in the sporting world of cricket?

With beautiful views and every detail perfectly considered, one of the geniuses of modern architecture built himself the perfect home.

An ancient mineral hot spring sits at the middle of this combination cultural center and spa.

A retired schoolteacher in suburban Nevada transformed his front yard into a paleontological menagerie.

All that's left of a former camp and settlement is a plaque commemorating the water source found at this remote site.

Dozens of elaborate works of automotive art have been preserved at this Arizona museum.

Out of a desire to feed hungry soldiers, a franchise-altering idea was born.