Places shellyt Wants to Go

A large circus museum with summer performances.

Annual convention held by the largest pyrotechnic community in the world.

Dine on superb local staples in a converted historic church.

If it wasn’t for a real estate agent with a penchant for old-school arcades, this hands-on collection of nostalgic flipper machines might never exist.

A haunting—but not haunted—chapel remains in the woods.

A famous—but endangered—plant is on view at an unassuming nature preserve a quick drive from Myrtle Beach.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

If Myrtle Beach is the mini golf capital of the world, this is its crowning glory.

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

The two locations of this landmark ice cream shop scream pure Americana nostalgia.

Triangular House built on a leafy residential street in St. Paul.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

Pause for an afternoon fika with sublime Scandinavian cakes and pastries.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A Boeing mechanic and his wife leave a whimsical, stone sculptured garden as their legacy.

Five varieties of trees with custom-designed grates around the trunk are planted along the route of the Seattle Transit Tunnel.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.

A mesmerizing amount of crazy art is attached to the side of this house on Seattle's Phinney Ridge, bringing smiles to those who venture down the driveway to take a look.

Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.