Places STG Wants to Go

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Kentucky's longest operating jail is now a spooky spot to spend the night.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.

This Nebraska town wants to double its population with plywood cut-outs of townsfolk.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

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

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

This 15-foot former Johnny Appleseed has given up his apples for donuts and coffee.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.