Places lepainperdu Wants to Go

Many believe these images represent interstellar lifeforms.

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

A true treehouse near Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.

More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.

Portland had a unique approach to Cold War-era protections.

Chef Lisa Nelson serves up sensational doubles, jerk chicken, and other Trinidadian staples.

Bold, unapologetically spicy Mixtecan flavors are on the menu here.

Start your morning off with an epic food crawl in this market east of Oaxaca’s historic center.

Taiwan's last Chinese character letterpress preserves the dying art of Chinese character mold making.

Diners have been slurping 'fool's noodles' at this shop for more than 70 years.

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

Annual convention held by the largest pyrotechnic community in the world.

The oldest producer of embroidered Western wear.

This swanky speakeasy is Denver’s oldest bar—and hasn’t changed a bit since 1933.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

The last original miniature duckpin bowling lanes in America, located in a Milwaukee dive bar.

This rooftop sign has been confusing Milwaukee-bound airline passengers for decades.

This old KLM airplane cut into three parts was transformed into an eclectic airport gift shop.

A solid steel plane designed to catch fire over and over again.

A small town built on an abandoned airfield has former runways as streets and a bar and grill in an old airplane hangar.