Places lizsullivan Wants to Go

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

Dozens of large steel sculptures fill this two-acre park outside a former blacksmith's studio.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

One of Indiana's only natural sandstone arches is nestled between resort ruins and an old Boy Scouts camp.

A small rural town hides Indiana's tallest waterfall.

Artifacts from the golden days of the circus reside in a small Indiana town.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

Ornate and vibrant, this temple is a colorful place of worship for Columbus's Thai and Laotian communities.

An unassuming 13-acre park is home to over 12,000 roses.

An art gallery home to a plethora of art from local artists who can often be seen hard at work.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

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

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

Definitely not a clown bar.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

At this airport "microcinema," you can catch a film before you catch a flight.

This theatre and its amazing marquee harken back to the Golden Age of Hollywood.

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.