Places Kelly Catalfamo Wants to Go

This tiny site in Iowa, part of a patchwork national wildlife refuge, is home to ancient flora and fauna.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

Where dioramas can follow you home.

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

This monument owes its name to a quote by the famous civil rights activist and journalist.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This giant tower beacon was a key navigation tool for pilots delivering mail amid the night skies.

This work of art by Matthew Mazzotta resides in this park dedicated to the first black legislator in Idaho.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.

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

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

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

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.