Places ophie Wants to Go

This former New Jersey bus now exists as a public art exhibit.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

These were the largest wind chimes in the world when artist Tom Van Sant created them for a California mall in 1967.

Located inside a former record pressing plant, this recording studio pays homage to the techniques and gear of a bygone age.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

An unassuming corner inside downtown Orlando's library offers a whole new world of the park and its history.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

These boots are made for selfies.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

The only way to visit this old resort hotel is with scuba gear.

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

A rescue facility that caters specifically to wolf-dog hybrids, and educates about these unique animals.

What was to be the world's most secure Cold War document vault ended up as just a few shallow caves.

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.

Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.

This mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas resides at the Banff Trading Post.

The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.