Places WanderlustNomad Wants to Go

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.

A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

Rodin's famous depiction of Dante's 'Inferno', amidst a sculpture garden of many of his other works.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

A still functioning vaudeville carousel that has operated for over a century boasts a colorful menagerie and past.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.