Places anwit Wants to Go

A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

This map, on display in the Library of Congress, and one of only seven known to exist, is the very first map of the United States.

The Lincoln Memorial has inspired many, even though a word on the inscription appears to be spelled incorrectly.

In an alcove of this historic library, you can find murals painted in the 1930s by an artist who went on to create some of Disney's most iconic animated films.

This rowhouse doubles as one of the most photographed spots in the nation's capital.

Washington D.C.'s most famous pianist, composer, and bandleader still tickles the ivories outside Howard Theater.

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.

A brass and marble scale model of the solar system embedded in the concrete.

Depending on who you ask, this controversial treehouse is either a charmingly creative child's playhouse or an illegal encroachment on public land.

The story behind this beloved toy—named for Theodore Roosevelt and owned by his grandson—is more complicated than you might guess.

The legacy of a wealthy executive and his wife, this little-known art museum features works by Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and more.

Coins and medals straight from the mint await visitors to this shop in the nation's capital.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.