Places lepainperdu Wants to Go

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.

Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Built as a home for the Union Porcelain magnate in 1867, now the Greenpoint Reformed Church and home to a ceramic mystery.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

A "Minnesota-style" pizza parlor in the Scandinavian heart of Seattle.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Steaming blood-red hot spring from hell.

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.