Places SomePlaceCool Wants to Go

This massive Art Deco-inspired mural was the world's largest augmented reality artwork at the time of its completion.

A Route 66 filling station that was designed to resemble the Hagia Sophia, and is now the symbol of an arts district.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

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

The classic lawn figurine now claims this wooded area as home.

One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

This knick-knack-covered house (complete with a matching van) is a charming oddity in the middle of a modest downtown neighborhood.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

At this gas station in the middle of the desert, a convenience store has been carved directly into the rock.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

Kansas's Grassroots Art Capital welcomes visitors to Lucas through its very own World's Largest Thing.

A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

An early 20th-century fire lookout, still in intermittent use, preserves legacy fire-locating equipment.

The first lookout in Yosemite.