Places kathleenwajda Wants to Go

Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.

The press that first printed the Book of Mormon.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

A memorial dedicated to victims of the Irish Potato Famine who perished while quarantined on this island.

An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

An unassuming 13-acre park is home to over 12,000 roses.

A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.

This hidden stream beneath Indianapolis makes an appearance in the best-selling novel "Underground Airlines."

Where the leftovers of love affairs can live on forever.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

At this hidden studio, the dying art of taxidermy is alive and well.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

A band of aerialists and circus performers putting on incredible shows in East Williamsburg.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

A flamboyantly decorated bridge signals diversity and fellowship at the entry to Indianapolis' Broad Ripple Village.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.