Places Ckorear512 Wants to Go

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

A railroad lift bridge that was only lifted once and became obsolete before construction was finished.

A life-sized baby elephant tombstone marks the grave of a circus owner at a country church in southern Georgia.

Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.

A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

Site of the 1926 murder trial of Ernest Burkhart who was involved in the "Reign of Terror."

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This shrine to bovine consumption and all things fast food is a slice of culinary history both rare and well done.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

The tallest bridge in California was constructed for a project that was eventually cancelled.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.

A mapping error in the 19th century made loggers think this section of the forest was underwater.

There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.

A suburban street in Anchorage doubles as a runway, and each home has its own airplane hangar.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

The abandoned mine where American troops discovered a treasure trove of art and artifacts hidden by the Nazis.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

This surreptitious shop is only open five hours per week.