Places ayshazackria Wants to Go

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

Built in just a little over a week this preserved bunker was created to protect our most attractive POTUS while he was on vacation.

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.

This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

These constructed wetlands naturally filter millions of gallons of treated wastewater every day.

When oil was discovered just outside of Pittsburgh, the city became home to this regional stock market.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

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

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

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

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.