Places jcctrip Wants to Go

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

Inside, visitors are treated to the rich history of sugar farming and its impact on Hawaiian society.

Ten acres of the Kula Forest Reserve make up this wondrous state park.

Admire a Lilliputian replica of the fast food outlet.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

A slanted tomb honors the faithful, furry companion of the Georgia Tech student body.

A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

Rare and classic books by Black authors are the focus at this independent bookstore in a historic Atlanta neighborhood.

A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.

For the last eight decades, this curious shop has been ridding Atlanta of bad juju.

The only subterranean ping pong table in Atlanta.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

A rare kind of blue bear can be found chiefly in the national park that shares their name.

A museum devoted entirely to hammers has more than 1,400 items on display dating back to the Romans.

The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.