Places tawniefrances Wants to Go

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

This pebble beach is so beautiful that taking its rocks is against the law.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

Snack on a partially gestated duck egg.

This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.

Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

Join in a Seance at the Swedenborgian Church.

A notorious punk house turned co-op.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.