Places limechiffon Wants to Go

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

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

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

A wonderland of caves in eastern Iowa.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.