Places cairothorn Wants to Go

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

The world's longest known cave system.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

A simple plaque remembers a California island massacre that claimed more than 100 lives.

A public fountain that spouts "health water" from a nearby spring.

Humboldt's human-powered sculptures race across land and sea for days on end in a wacky quest for dominance.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.

The oldest university museum west of the Mississippi retains its 19th century feel.

Most comprehensive museum in America devoted to one ethnic group.