Places samalot Wants to Go

Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

A notable example of Prairie School architecture that disregarded Victorian concepts about room divisions and featured a long, narrow floor plan.

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

The immortal Hollywood star rests in peace in an unassuming Swiss village cemetery.

The largest underground lake in Europe.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.