Places ladytecate Wants to Go

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.

A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.

A likeness of Da Vinci's mysterious painting smiles at passersby from the side of a barn.

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

A unique cartoon-filled roadside attraction.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

A family of fiberglass giants.

What was once a summer home next to a waterfall has now become littered with graffiti and children in swimsuits.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

A faithful dog is forever watching over the family children.

An exquisite collection of fairytale conveyances that puts most car museums to shame.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

This oddly shaped church resembles a rocket.

Tucked away inside this concrete building is a church and its grand display of brutalist architecture.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.