Places allyihoyer Wants to Go

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

There's no booze at this juke joint—just some of the best blues in Baton Rouge.

Sculpture garden and miniature golf course blend together in the oversized backyard of a Minnesota sculptor.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

The remnants of an abandoned, 19th-century gold mill along Aruba's rugged northeastern coast.

A safe place for the wild donkeys of a hot vacation destination.

Hike, ski, or snowshoe to a backcountry yurt that serves up gourmet, four-course dinners.

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

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

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

Medical history museum featuring a lovely doctor's office from the 1800s.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

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