Places patricelehocky Wants to Go

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

A wonderful world of rare fruits and flowering trees grows in a small botanical park in Bradenton.

Every Sunday for the last 30 years, this Buddhist temple has hosted a market with food and Thai goods.

Established in 1890, this Jacksonville institution is the longest running music venue in the state of Florida.

Giant trolls run this farm!

This restaurant, art gallery, and nightlife hot spot is a love letter to Lagos from St. Louis.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

A local prank turned town icon.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

Along a California highway is a kind of Jurassic Park made of metal.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

An off-grid art installation that encourages its visitors to imagine a world without waste.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.