Places anjohnst Wants to Go

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

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

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

Brass cobblestones mark the places where individual Holocaust victims were taken from their homes.

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.

A large grotto built in the 16th century amidst Florence's famous Boboli gardens.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.

Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.

A dollhouse full of taxidermy rodents, each one handcrafted and given a sordid past.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.