Places Natasha Leyk Wants to Go

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

The building stands within a quiet, postcard-perfect New Mexico village.

Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.

A small piece of the composer's New York home lives on in the center of Czech culture in Manhattan.

This giant fiberglass cod celebrates Madison's self-proclaimed status as the U.S. capital of lutefisk.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Find out what it sounds like when doves cry at Prince's recording studio estate turned museum.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

A 50-foot tile mural mosaic for the 100-year anniversary of the Statue of Liberty.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

A little barn in the middle of the city preserving Hollywood treasures since 1985.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

From pre-war whiskey cocktails to prohibition-era speakeasy secrecy, this bar has seen it all.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.