Places claireromama Wants to Go

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!

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

Frances Slocum was taken by Delaware Indians in 1778 and lived as, Maconaquah, a Miami Indian until her death in 1847.

The hillside where Edvard Munch experienced the panic attack that inspired “The Scream” offers one of the most striking evening views in Oslo.

This immaculately preserved church from late antiquity was originally the mausoleum of the Emperor Constantine's daughter.

The grave of the first dolphin to play Flipper is located at the Dolphin Research Center.

This sanctuary became synonymous with fear and terror in the ancient world.

A century-old local legend surrounds the grave of Barbara Snyder due to its eerie epitaph.

This statue of King George V was beheaded as a protest of colonialism.

The museum within the Kom-Ombo Temple complex houses mummified crocodiles and mummified crocodile eggs.

A beautiful and tranquil place, home to a community of Benedictine monks and the resting place of Emperor Napoleon III, Empress Eugene and Prince Louis.

The world's largest pin (or tack) is located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, at the Transit Authority of Central Kentucky (TACK) headquarters.

A legendary West Hollywood bar where celebrities shoot pool with the locals.

An art gallery home to a plethora of art from local artists who can often be seen hard at work.

A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”

Make it an offering.

All aboard the world's longest miniature railway.

Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

Where Nor'easters go to die.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.