Places liv0419 Wants to Go

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

A labyrinth of clothing, electronics, and other counterfeit items.

A cave that was home to humans 160 thousand years ago.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

A precariously balanced rock perches on the edge of a cliff created tens of thousands of years ago by glacial erosion.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

The first handmade canoe built by members of the Passamaquoddy in over a century.

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

This steep slide at a kids’ playground went viral after an police officer tumbled down it.

A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.

This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

Astonishing collection of helmets, scientific instruments, and medical models.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

The oldest Methodist church in the United States has been spreading the good news for over two centuries.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.