Washington, D.C.
International Spy Museum
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Charlotte, North Carolina
This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Columbus, Ohio
The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.
Bellaire, Ohio
There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.
Lyndhurst, Ohio
Annual Easter display made up of thousands of hand-painted eggs.
Peru
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
Los Angeles, California
Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.
Baltimore, Maryland
This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.
Fort Collins, Colorado
This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.
Lancaster, California
Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.
Orlando, Florida
Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.
Port Orchard, Washington
A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Issaquah, Washington
A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This Elizabethan hedge maze is one of only six in North America.
Turner, Oregon
This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Vaglia, Italy
Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.