Places colecathleen Wants to Go

Setting this massive marionette aflame rids Santa Fe of doom and gloom for another year.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

Inside this small museum resides a strange mix of miniature collections passed down over time.

It reportedly took three years to sort through all the objects in this eclectic lifelong collection.

The quirky collection includes treasures like Elvis' underwear, Bob Barker's toothbrush, and hundreds of sock monkeys.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

A blacklight journey through a celestial art exhibit.

Over 50 historic windmills whir away at this outdoor museum.

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

Metal sculpture folk art lining the Kansas Highway.