Places marykate Wants to Go

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.

This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.

Honoring the star of the “The Bob Newhart Show” which took place in the city of Chicago in the 1970s.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.

An ode to one of the first concerts broadcast via satellite.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

These ancient sacred grounds granted amnesty to those who managed to reach them.

The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

The only surviving 19th-century water-powered mill found in the Washington, D.C. area.

This former Cold War missile control site played an important role in the creation of GPS.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

These figures float and flutter in this fountain crafted by famed Swedish sculptor Carl Milles.