Places anjohnst Wants to Go

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

This delightful little museum is dedicated to only one thing: pasta.

Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

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