St. Louis, Missouri
City Museum
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
Washington, D.C.
The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.
Santa Cruz, California
A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.
Buffalo, New York
The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.
Blue Earth, Minnesota
This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Pasadena, California
This former stomping grounds of the most eminent astronomers of the early 20th century.
Grand Marais, Minnesota
Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.
Livermore, California
The longest burning light bulb in the world.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, Nevada
James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.
Juneau, Alaska
Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.
Eleele, Hawaii
This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Garfield County, Utah
Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.
Kyiv, Ukraine
When you've got to go, you've got to go.
Frankfurt, Germany
After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.
Homosassa, Florida
In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.