Places shatomica Wants to Go

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Nebraska’s longest-running summer theater is a musical tribute to cowboy culture.

A historic train ride from California to Mexico.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

From printing money to live music, this Beaux-Arts style building has had many identities over the last century.

Check out a hidden collection of vintage neon signs.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

A likeness of Da Vinci's mysterious painting smiles at passersby from the side of a barn.

An oddity shop filled with taxidermy, funerary memorabilia, and more.

Improbably, the largest wildlife refuge in the conterminous 48 states sits just northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada.

This museum holds not just a world class collection of firefighting artifacts and gear but even the region's first fire station itself.

Decor at “Nevada’s Oldest Thirst Parlor” includes Raquel Welch's brassiere hanging from a stuffed moose head.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

Rare and classic books by Black authors are the focus at this independent bookstore in a historic Atlanta neighborhood.

The warmth and creative kitsch of a quilt engulf every patron who visits.

What started as a display of antique hearses has grown into a museum exploring the history of the funeral industry.