Places allisonic Wants to Go

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

Reason for Michigan's potential diamond mine.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.

A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.

A larger-than-life version of the hat beloved by hunters, outdoorsmen, and Holden Caulfield.

A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.

A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

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

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Baked in 1898 and still almost flawless, this floral masterpiece is considered the world's oldest complete wedding cake.

Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.