Places mikedominelli Wants to Go

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Balanced on four stone pillars, this historic tower was the site of a tragic political assassination.

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

A Zoroastrian funerary tower where excarnation rituals are carried out is threatened by the area's dwindling vulture population.

This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.

The oldest teak bridge in the world is made from the remains of a royal palace.

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.