Places SomePlaceCool Wants to Go

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

This panoramic lift provides a futuristic ride up San Pedro Mountain.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.

Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.

A work of art that pays homage to a Victorian timepiece in Providence.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

This enormous fish commemorates the unplanned release of brown trout into a Michigan river.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

This centerpiece of the Hollywood & Highland shopping center is a recreation of a long-lost movie set.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

60 feet of towering steel balances gracefully.

A lonely Gondola stuck on a traffic circle sits in a spot where it once would have floated down the Grand Canal.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.