Places mewissa Wants to Go

This concrete ship has had four careers - World War I tanker, floating amusement park, fishing pier, and artificial reef.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

At this local mall, visitors are ushered through a 1940s jail exhibit.

Admire a Lilliputian replica of the fast food outlet.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.

Direct, creative challenge to Mother Nature's winter wrath.

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

A Museum Dedicated to the Heroes That Fight Fire.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

A Perpetually Under construction Park.

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.