Places rbenn250 Wants to Go

The rockpile was the founding landmark for the town of Gillette, and is now the home of the region's history.

This historic Erasmus statue was first mistaken for a legendary Chinese inventor, then as a child-eating hag.

A bronze sculpture of last Sikh maharaja of the Punjab, outside the English estate where he once lived.

The "floating factory" was a highlight in the career of the Italian architect known for his unusual use of reinforced concrete.

A downtown filled with nearly deserted historic buildings was revived as a pastel paradise.

Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.

A lone lighthouse on the wind-swept shores of the cape.

This small square basin behind a quiet church was once a popular medieval pilgrimage site.

A series of silhouettes that recall the great cattle drives of the 19th-century.

A nouveau-riche hilltop “palace” that once provided lodging to more than a hundred fishermen.

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.

The van that carried William Least-Heat Moon through the journey documented in the book 'Blue Highways' sits in the Mizzou archeological museum's storage.

Many of the cottages and houses of this tiny village are adorned with a local lord's collection of saintly statues.

A smug-looking cat representing an humorous Russian expletive.

A magical woodland theatre in Wales reclaimed by nature.

A gorgeous, nostalgic café housed in a lofty old warehouse, lit only by petroleum lamps.

The translucent turquoise hue of these natural swimming pools comes from a high concentration of minerals.

This Myrtle Beach art museum features a rotating display of pieces by artists from James Audubon to Frank Lloyd Wright, but it’s their collection of Southern works that truly impresses.

Not only is this nature preserve the largest protected freshwater island on the East Coast, but it’s also a stronghold of Gullah living.

This former hunting grounds that once attracted U.S. presidents and other luminaries. Now it’s a privately owned research reserve dedicated to environmental sciences.

Dine on superb local staples in a converted historic church.

The two locations of this landmark ice cream shop scream pure Americana nostalgia.

The story of the country’s most famous sports magazine began at a historic Myrtle Beach golf club.

Get some farm-to-table history at this living history museum, where you’ll learn what farm life was like a hundred years ago.