Places Kathie Fahey Wants to Go

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

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

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

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

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.