Places arenfro Wants to Go

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.

An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

Made famous by cable TV, this oddball collection of antiques and collectibles is a cut above the rest.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

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

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.