Places Edited by Zak Martellucci

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

A busy trail network outside Ketchum, Idaho, hides a small piece of early Forest Service history.

In Idaho’s high desert, underground water resurfaces as a remarkably rich spring-fed creek.

Dozens of giant mermaids are hidden across Florida’s coast in parks, yards, and beaches.

A live oak beside a Florida bike trail has become a shimmering, musical memorial.

Deep in the Richloam wilderness, a century-old country store is stocked with plenty of stories.

A 110-foot concrete dinosaur once sold fossil fuel from its belly.

This Victorian mansion is part heritage museum, part architectural oddity, and part ghost story.

At this leafy estate, one man’s passion for trees grew into Arbor Day.

Thousands of signed dollar bills turn a simple tavern into a living record of travelers’ comings and goings.

A brewpub dedicated to unusual artwork in Historic Downtown Panama City.

This onetime gambler’s den was turned into a destination restaurant, reachable only by boat.

This oceanfront 1920s house museum offers visitors historic art and rare plants across five distinct ecosystems.

A secret, ethereal waterfall beneath the picturesque gardens.

This mill has been in continuous operation since before the country’s founding.

Marketplace by day, fine dining by night.

Commissioned by a bank at the height of the Great Depression, this mural by the famed illustrator was intended to inspire a sense of abundance in customers.

There are many ways to enjoy this old-growth forest and its views.

Enjoy a history filled visit and, possibly, a haunting.

Blossom has blossomed from a dairy advertising effort into a community mascot near Sligo, Pennsylvania.

The cold-blast iron furnace generated 1,000 tons of iron per year at its peak.

This riverside restaurant delivers elegant dining in a historic 1901 train depot. 

Dominican cuisine like your grandma made it—but with teriyaki glazes and hand-rolled cigars.

Costa Rican coffee and Venezuelan cuisine, made with painstaking attention to detail.