Places karin66204 Wants to Go

The restored ferry is now a dockside museum and a unique bed and breakfast.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

Indiana's oldest sternwheel paddleboat has been plying the placid waters of Webster Lake for 90 years.

A singular collection of hand-built art deco cars are held in a building with style to match.

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

This unassuming home was once “grand central station” for the Underground Railroad.

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

This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.

The world's largest anatomically accurate brain sculpture.

The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.

Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

An eccentric artist's abode in this small Italian town has been transformed into a surreal temple of mosaic madness.

The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.

Over 600 acres of idyllic open grassland honor Nebraska’s georgic storyteller.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.