Places ayshazackria Wants to Go

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

A vinyl-lover's Shangri-La.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

Pick up all of the cosmic knick-knacks under the sun or take a creative writing course, all offered in this novelty storefront.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.