Places nickblossom Wants to Go

A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.

Stumps of an Ice Age forest, visible only at low tide.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

Even Henry David Thoreau found this glacial pothole irresistible.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

After sitting abandoned for decades, this historic mine is now the only publicly accessible chalk room and pillar mine in North America.

Whimsical cartoon cars suspended on posts soar over an automotive shop.

What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

Haunted dolls, macabre artifacts, and more make up the collection of the “most haunted museum in the world.”

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

Underneath downtown Lincoln resides a network of caves that was also the city's first brewery.

America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

This museum, established in Butte's lost Chinatown, celebrates Asian-American culture in what was once the world's largest mining camp.

This museum is dedicated to telling the story of dinosaurs from a creationist perspective. 

A working ranch doubles as a sustainable hub for world-renowned classical music and large-scale sculptures.

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

"Polynesia on the Plains."

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

Boats and fish both find their way through this massive hydroelectric structure.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

A small, fascinating fire museum hidden in plain sight in an administrative building.

This statue in Holland Park might be one of London’s oldest outdoor statues, but its exact origins are unknown.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.