Places jfcianci Wants to Go

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

An open-air museum in a mountain valley features works designed to blend in with—and disintegrate back into—their natural surroundings.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.

It’s all about the Benjamins at this Atlanta museum with interactive exhibits.

Once home to a thriving oil industry, this town now sits eerily abandoned.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

A patch of contaminated land reclaimed as a scrappy sculptural oasis.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

This knick-knack-covered house (complete with a matching van) is a charming oddity in the middle of a modest downtown neighborhood.