Places Nox Wants to Go

A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.

Marking the spot where a conquistador gave up his search for the fabled Seven Cities of Gold.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.