Places tabithacfreeman Wants to Go

In this tiny museum, an unusually-shaped skull that some claim as evidence of extraterrestrials.

The Peruvian Andes are a center of hummingbird diversity, and this garden offers an opportunity to see more than 30 species of hummingbirds.

Bathe in these natural hot springs located high in the Andes Mountains.

A mysterious pre-Incan ruin believed to have miraculous healing powers.

Extraordinary rock formations in open Peruvian fields.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

This little-known memorial honors those who have donated their bodies to medical training.

Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?

This mansion turned restaurant was once a pitstop for Al Capone during his travels.

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

Waterfalls, rapids, and top-notch swimming spots await in this densely forested corner of the Smokies.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

What was one of the largest hotels in the country burned to the ground in a tragic fire.

Medical history museum featuring a lovely doctor's office from the 1800s.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

One of the largest collections of holy relics in the country.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.