Places X24Gee Wants to Go

The shelves at this Chattanooga bar are stocked with used books, and buying one sends money back to the library.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

A huge maze complex and whimsical miniature village in Tasmania.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

A school teacher's massive and terrifying self-built castle.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

A place for ship-lovers to watch the passage of freighters traversing the Great Lakes while learning about their history.

Built by a Detroit lawyer in honor of his wife.

This nomadic monster has divided opinions as it prowls across Canada.

This "railway" for boats continues a waterway over a road.

A 57-foot stained-glass dome from a Parisian tango house now crowns a wine bar in the San Bernardino Mountains.

A “floating horse” hangs menacingly over the heads of passersby.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.