Places kaypadden Wants to Go

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.

Inside this community-run museum, visitors are treated to the history of toys and games.

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

An obelisk marks the farmhouse where the founder of Mormonism was born.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

Three wooden middle fingers raised in protest.

Collection of scores of race cars from the 1900s to recent lovingly maintained and displayed.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

This plaque honors the unsung Black songstress once known as the “greatest singer of her race.”

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

The pan man stands as a testament to the functionality of American cast iron cookware.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

The site of the Scopes Trial contains a small exhibit dedicated to the famous case.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.