Places SomePlaceCool Wants to Go

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

Old car parts and assorted materials get turned into one man's mechanical treasures on the side streets of Cleveland.

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

You’ll feel like you’ve gone through the looking glass at this contemporary art museum filled with glass sculptures of every size, shape, and color.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

A monument to the legacy of the man who created Spongebob Squarepants at the school where his passion for art and marine biology began.

A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

An abandoned logging settlement nestled in the woods near a popular ski town.

Tucked away in the forests of Indiana resides an abandoned waterslide that is now a popular graffiti haunt.