Places vplunetta Wants to Go

Beneath the city of Lourdes, France is a massive, concrete church.

A climbing route in the mountains of Italy’s Dolomites, built for soldiers during World War I.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

America's oldest drive-in movie theater has been in continuous operation since 1934.

Take a trip to the past aboard a 1920s railcar or open flatcar for a scenic ride through Maryland farm country.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.

What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

In a New Jersey cemetery, the final resting place of two brothers who fell victim to a deadly mushroom.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

You can get anything you want at the former site of the restaurant immortalized by Arlo Guthrie.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

The highest point in Connecticut was incorrectly memorialized before surveyors discovered the actual spot.

This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.

This sprawling woodland estate was the brainchild of iconic American industrial designer Russel Wright.

This forlorn park is the result of a failed investment turned tax dodge.

The site of the little-known Pennsylvania battle that sparked the Seven Years' War.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.