Places timbuktuk Wants to Go

These beautiful objects represent beautiful ideas.

The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.

These naturally occurring but rare geological formations are each about the size of a small house.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.

Eight whimsical acres of metal art.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

An unassuming house in Wisconsin hides a transient artist’s magnum opus.

In the right conditions a wall of water up to five feet tall flows upstream against the current on the River Trent.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

"Enter and be entertained or annoyed by Dada in Walla Walla."

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

Mesoamerican monoliths and zoomorphic stones covered in royal visages, ancient mythology, and grand celestial events.

A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.

An ingenious Dutch land art project uses grass ridges to cut airport noise pollution in half.