Places Zesli Wants to Go

Mysterious installations bring levity and light to a sometimes stodgy city.

The largest known open fault in the United States is basically a giant natural refrigerator.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.

To get to or from this Canadian ghost town, you'll need to cross 11 single-lane bridges.

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

They call buildings like this "mimetic architecture," but nothing has ever mimicked the taste of Moxie.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

Grapes be damned, this distillery makes wine from apples, blueberries, cranberries, and more.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

A riverside tiny house with books and other treasures galore.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.