Places mikedominelli Wants to Go

A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats live under the bridge and take flight at sundown all summer long.

Constrained by time and topography, this civil engineering landmark was constructed 100 feet above Starrucca Creek over the course of a single year.

This Choctaw/Thai restaurant celebrates Indigenous cuisines from different continents.

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.

A neighborhood of houses made of poured concrete through a process invented by Thomas Edison.

In Tulsa's Oil Capital historic district, even the bus station is "fauxback" Art Deco.

Come for the history lesson, stay for the mule-pulled boat rides.

Hundreds of fiberglass structures line the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.

Learn about our ancestral eating habits at the passion project of an archeologist.

A giant scrap metal troll rests his hands on top of a dilapidated building covered in graffiti.

This three-story Victorian mansion is now home to the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center headquarters.

Secluded springs in the Rio Grande Gorge offer hot bathing beside the haunted ruins of a stagecoach stop.

A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.

In an alcove of this historic library, you can find murals painted in the 1930s by an artist who went on to create some of Disney's most iconic animated films.

Experience life in one of America’s smallest neighborhoods.

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

This rowhouse doubles as one of the most photographed spots in the nation's capital.

A once-abandoned school building converted into a fantastical multi-level art installation and haven for Appalachian artists.

Saunter along the banks of one of North Carolina’s wildest rivers

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin Franklin all slept at this humble inn.

This striking church was built from a Frank Lloyd Wright design more than a decade after the master architect's death.

An old pay phone rewired to play local bird calls and songs at the press of a button.

Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.