Places ch1k822 Wants to Go

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

In an effort to escape the horrors of slavery, one man mailed himself to freedom.

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

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

John Tyler never got to be buried at his beloved home, but every pet his family owned since has been.

Only through the lens of a microscope can visitors see the true treasures inside this museum.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

This whimsical outsider art wall holds tiny treasures donated by the local community.

A spirited shopping experience.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.