Places Crin Ge Wants to Go

This collection started by a Cornell professor once held more than 600 human brain specimens, including the one that belonged to its founder.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

In Cold Spring, New York, a shrine containing Godzilla and an assortment of plastic dinosaurs stands dedicated to a teenager who died in a car accident in 1996.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

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

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The farming museum contains an extensive taxidermy collection, including the world's largest stuffed horse.

The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

Pennsylvania’s creepiest roadside attraction is a haunting example of roadside kitsch.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.