Places Thalia Wants to Go

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

The floating gallery illuminates the heart of Québec City's arts district.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

A curious building honoring past and current members of a historic musical comedy troupe.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

Whimsical woolen creatures have taken over this historic Northern Ireland park.

A fantastical bed and breakfast with magically unique rooms.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.