Places naomistarr Wants to Go

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

Sambusas get a Deep Southern twist at this Somali chai haven.

Feast on award-winning birria tacos from a food truck inside this neon robo-tiki bar.

The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

This restaurant, art gallery, and nightlife hot spot is a love letter to Lagos from St. Louis.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

View rare birds and interact with lemurs at this nonprofit run entirely by volunteers.

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.