Places hristotak Wants to Go

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

The final resting place of a suffragist author.

The "lovely red Vega" of the legendary record-settling pilot.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

This amended headstone marks the grave of a participant in one of the most successful military deceptions of all time.

According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.

One extremely determined man's homemade universe.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.

Lake within a lake.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.