Places RStephens Wants to Go

A unique work of automotive art calls this shopping center home.

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

Inside this faux cave, visitors can learn how some of their favorite fantasy characters were created.

A few times a day, you can see an animatronic cowboy shoot-out.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

The quirky gift from West Berlin for the 1968 World's Fair still stands in Hemisfair Park.

Craggy concrete faces are hidden in the walls of this artificial cave along the San Antonio River.

These boots are made for selfies.

A rainbow of kulfi and falooda flows from this Indian-style ice cream parlor.

For decades these polar bears have roamed all around a Nashville neighborhood.

This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

Kansas's Grassroots Art Capital welcomes visitors to Lucas through its very own World's Largest Thing.

Built to celebrate the glory of a new queen, this forgotten monument has moved around Madrid three times, reflecting 200 years of political whims and city redevelopment.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

This ruined fort and statue are a testament to the last king of Kaua‘i’s savvy diplomacy skills, which briefly brought Russians to Hawai‘i.