Places Rose Stuart Wants to Go

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

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

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

American soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

Pickles belong on pizza and this freewheeling outpost proves it.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

An aptly-named street near the birthplace of the modern LGBT rights movement.

This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.