Places smartydesign Wants to Go

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

It leads to a former hospital’s old root cellar.

Check out the Heidelberg printing presses in the workshop of an artist known for documenting the natural world on greeting cards.

Hidden beneath the waters of Lake Michigan rests a perfectly intact ship from the early 1900s.

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

One of the oldest art supply stores in the United States.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

When beetles destroyed these trees, they found new life as fantasy sculptures.

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.

The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.