Places panoply205 Wants to Go

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

A miniature representation of Canadian cities and landmarks in incredible—and sometimes hilarious—detail.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

At the top of the hour, this steam-powered clock's eight brass whistles play "Back Home Again in Indiana."

A singular collection of hand-built art deco cars are held in a building with style to match.

In addition to the usual gravestones, this Michigan cemetery features a birdhouse mausoleum and an Ark of the Covenant replica.

Where else would you expect to find the gravesite of European royalty than the windswept dunes of rural Northern Michigan?

Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.

Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Odawa artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.

This mechanical wonder towers above a river in Michigan's capital city.

With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.

This historic Jewish cemetery sits right in the heart of a Detroit car factory.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.