Places brandybabnaw Wants to Go

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models.

In 1703, French settlers in what is now Mobile celebrated the first Mardi Gras celebration in the United States.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

This coastal port saw one of the most significant battles of the Civil War.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

Founded by a man who called himself the greatest hunter alive.

Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.

A shop for all your magical needs and notions.

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

This historic Art Nouveau mansion has guided tours and impressive views of the Currituck Sound.

During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.