Places marksuz Wants to Go

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.

This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

Apparently, the whole cosmos emanates from this plain concrete tower.

This bronze sculpture represents the helpless, hapless, and the damned who have passed through Piccadilly station since it opened in 1842

A unique art installation located on what was once considered the widest railway bridge in the world.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

The sinister ruins of one of the worst dam failures of the 20th century lie in this astonishing alpine setting.

Tracing a path of more than four miles around a frozen lake, this is the longest skate trail in the United States.

The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

The seventh largest spring in the world.

Beautiful scenery, history, science, and physics come together in this remnant of shipping lore.

One of the largest refracting telescopes in the world, and the first built specifically for studying astrophysics.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

One of the oldest surviving lock houses on the Ohio River.

These ancient ruins hide in plain sight next to a dessert shop.

This beautifully situated lakeside Roman settlement was likely built during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian.