Places laurasmith Wants to Go

Become a prohibition rebel.

Three stories above you, your salad is being grown.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

This former crime corner has been turned into an eclectic community center.

A living archive of urban activism and space reclaimed.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

A group dedicated to promoting boating, kayaking and environmental education programs.

Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.

A trio of giant wooden megaphones turn up nature's volume in this Estonian forest.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

Rainforest filled with record-holding eucalyptus.

The largest collection of medicinal plants in Australia is also home to a witch who will show you how to use them.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

Museum featuring strange and enchanting toys of the past.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Narrowest house in Boston.