Places LeahRumsey Wants to Go

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

This lone tree and dramatic sandstone outcropping are so beloved by Michiganders they can be found on one of the state’s coins.

A stone-filled garden in the heart of Edinburgh commemorates the father of modern geology.

Hundreds of stones dangle from barren trees in the middle of the desert.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

Lumps of significant stone from around the world surround a flaming monument for peace.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

At this leafy estate, one man’s passion for trees grew into Arbor Day.

A live oak beside a Florida bike trail has become a shimmering, musical memorial.

A bare tree in Riga’s Esplanāde is transformed into an extraordinary vertical neighbourhood by scores of colourful bird nesting boxes clustered across its trunk and branches.

A 57-foot stained-glass dome from a Parisian tango house now crowns a wine bar in the San Bernardino Mountains.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Through the colossal entrance to this cave you'll find limestone tubs and an underground waterfall.

Approximately 300 million years ago, a massive coral reef existed in what is now the largest limestone cave in Japan.