Places NightSkye Wants to Go

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

A giant poultry statue immortalizes one of Alaska's more humorous town names.

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

A railway bridge leading nowhere stands lonely in the middle of a meadow.

One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

Hundreds of iconic jazz records were made in this church-like space.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

A small but hugely whimsical theater where marionettes play out the "The Battle of Stalingrad."

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

This quirky museum will make you question everything, including the shape of the planet.

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

Where layer cakes tower above one’s head and there is never a shortage of icing.