Places mikedominelli Wants to Go

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

Using a massive antenna made up of five miles of wire, two scientists tuned into organic radio waves from the planet Jupiter.

Built in 1815, the stabilized ruins of the grist mill and sawmill are now gated, but interpretive displays on the features and functions of the mill preserve its history.

This huge repository of local history housed in an old J.C.Penney's is home to the largest model train set in Southeast Texas.

On the hills of Bay Ridge stands a house straight out of a fairy tale.

A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.

Built in 1945, this historic train station has a new lease on life with its baggage area serving as an event space.

First built around 1848, this bridge was destroyed by arson, but original timbers are included in the replacement.

The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.

Washed out by the Johnstown Flood in 1889, the surviving portion of the original two-span bridge now resides at Fishing Creek.

This bell is one of the last remnants of the lost city of Triadelphia.

This mighty white oak in Bethesda survived both the American Revolution and the construction of Washington D.C.'s metro red line.

This abandoned iron furnace was one of the first to use coke—a type of high-carbon fuel—to make iron.

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

The headquarters of the Audubon Naturalist Society is a small slice of heaven for nature lovers.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

A rural colonial settlement that contains the remains of a store and cooper.

Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.

This chapel is the site of a yearly pilgrimage that originated during the Middle Ages.

This museum is dedicated to the first coast-to-coast highway.

One of the earliest and best-preserved buildings in Charles County, Maryland.

This gravelly, dangerous highway is the only road in the United States that leads to the Arctic Ocean.

One of the two original gateways into the Kasbah, this gateway is a nesting site for storks.

This living labyrinth made entirely of thorns is filled with art.