Places LouKYgreen Wants to Go

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

Built to replace a house destroyed by a hurricane, this home is made entirely of shipping containers.

A physical catalog of ceramics made by the now-defunct Celadon Terra Cotta company.

US-50 in Nevada is known as "the Loneliest Road in America," but this earlier iteration of the route is even lonelier.

Every inch of this chapel is covered in craftsmanship from across the world.

This uncanny fresco celebrating the "triumph of death" was split into four pieces to be moved to another museum.

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

This permanent exhibition of commercial signs aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the city.

A Romanesque sanctuary of calm amid the bustle of downtown Los Angeles.

A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

One of the first Second Empire-style buildings constructed in North America.