Places phildzielski Wants to Go

This unique sanctuary invites you to interact with the beautiful birds.

The perfect spot for a picnic, right next to a giant ballistic missile.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

A statue of the English poet for whom this Delaware town is named is ritually dressed in seasonally appropriate clothing.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

The spot where the namesake of the Douglas fir met his mysterious end on a Hawaiian volcano.

This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

Twenty-three trees, each paired with a basalt stone, line a street in Chelsea, continuing an urban project started by German Fluxus artist Joseph Beuys.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

Hordes of precariously balanced stone figures crowd the shores of the Hudson River.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.