Places SomePlaceCool Wants to Go

Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.

The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Bone marrow-loaded birria with handmade corn tortillas—need we say more?

This seasonal soft serve shack has been doling out silky swirls since 1951.

Visit a family-run restaurant that has been serving the epitome of soul food for more than seven decades.

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

A frozen relic of Seattle's hydroelectric boom is now a teaching facility for future engineers.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

Bacteria and algae give the salty water its bubblegum hue.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.