Places Lillyflowers Wants to Go

A colossal gold-dredging machine from the Klondike mining boom, now open to tours.

A curious art piece along a lovely biking trail marks several historic floods via a series of colorful poles that represent floodwater heights.

One of the few remaining railroad turntables is hidden near downtown Raleigh.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

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

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

A sea glass gold mine on Newfoundland’s rugged coast.

Massive gannet colony perched on cliffs, with hiking trails and an interpretation center.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.

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

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

A sculpture dedicated to the trade that gave the town its name.