Places jfalkenthal Wants to Go

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

Julia Morgan's Moorish-Gothic labyrinth of fountains, trees, natural light and Oakland's notable dead.

Bonsai garden in Oakland is curated by the first non-Japanese female bonsai master in the United States.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

A sudden forest of traditional Papua New Guinean art works is hidden in a corner of Stanford University.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

Outsider art or homage to aliens?

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

A unique workspace where offices reside on pirate ships and inside gingerbread houses.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.