Places ShariW Wants to Go

In Parr Park, thousands of painted rocks line this walking trail.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

Hidden within a spa in a Texas strip mall is a restaurant specializing in Eastern European foods.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

This grove was planted more than a century ago by the War Mothers of World War I.

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

The site of the worst mining disaster in Ohio's history.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

See the nearly two-century-old ruins of pre-railroad America at the former site of a lock on the Ohio and Erie Canal.

An abandoned, rusty old relic of railroad history stands at attention over the Cuyahoga River.

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

Rows of 19th-century brick ovens used to process coal into coke form the center of a wooded park.

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.