Places thewaywithin Wants to Go

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.

This Buddhist temple is home to a number of towering statues spread over a peaceful wooded park.

A trek through the solar system here on earth.

Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.

The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.

A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'

See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

An unusual statue in Wisconsin of the first daily comic strip character.

This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.

This diner serves Route 66 nostalgia and what it claims is the 'original' hot dog on a stick.

View Kentucky's beauty and history from the perspective of painter John James Audubon, author and illustrator.