Places cait7911 Wants to Go

Largest magic museum in the United States with more than half a million pieces of memorabilia.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

A man's home is his castle.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

A whimsical, but often overlooked clock in Park Avenue.

While exploring the desert, you can stop by the home of a fictional heretic from a parallel universe.

Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.