Places lepainperdu Wants to Go

Originally a mission, what may be the oldest building on Maui is now a museum of the island’s history.

Inside, visitors are treated to the rich history of sugar farming and its impact on Hawaiian society.

Football field-sized microalgae production tanks on the Hawaiian coast create a stunning view from space.

Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

A striking, modern church devoted to a nun who loved God and beer.

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

One of Hawaiʻi’s largest petroglyph fields contains a number of depictions of people.

One of Hawaiʻi’s most notable historic petroglyph fields lies within a major resort.

A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.

Wander through desolate oil fields littered with rigs.

Red ocher pictographs survive in this tufa rock shelter on the shore of an ancient lake.

These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.

The oldest pictographs on this decorated rock formation in California's Carrizo Plain date back as many as 4,000 years.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

A roadside stop offers a taste of Korean culture.

Deep in the Richloam wilderness, a century-old country store is stocked with plenty of stories.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.

This mangled and twisted wreckage left by the side of a Mexican road was no accident, but a planned crash in the name of science and safety.

The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.