New Haven, Connecticut
Louis' Lunch
While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Stratford, Connecticut
Zaffis Museum of the Paranormal
The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.
Waterbury, Connecticut
Holy Land USA
A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.
Franklin, Kentucky
Octagon Hall Civil War Museum
A unique home built by Andrew Jackson Caldwell that also served as a military hospital.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
Grave of Elmer McCurdy
A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.
Kenton, Oklahoma
Black Mesa
The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.
Durant, Oklahoma
World's Largest Peanut
No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
45th Infantry Museum
A museum honoring Oklahoma military service, where you can look into Hitler's mirror and see a Mickey Mouse gas mask.
Talala, Oklahoma
Winganon Space Capsule
A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.
Lawton, Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Final resting place of Geronimo, Quanah Parker, and the first atomic gun ever fired.
Shattuck, Oklahoma
Shattuck Windmill Museum
Over 50 historic windmills whir away at this outdoor museum.
Hugo, Oklahoma
Showmen's Rest
Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”
Heavener, Oklahoma
Heavener Runestone
One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.
Miami, Oklahoma
Route 66 Sidewalk Highway
When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.
Schwangau, Germany
Neuschwanstein Castle
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Berlin, Germany
Berliner Unterwelten (Subterranean Berlin)
A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.
Gablenz, Germany
Rakotzbrücke Devil’s Bridge
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
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Berlin, Germany
Spreepark
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Portland, Oregon
The Witch’s Castle
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Yachats, Oregon
Thor’s Well
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
La Pointe, Wisconsin
Apostle Island Sea Caves
These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
House on the Rock
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Fort Kent, Maine
America's First Mile
A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.
Eastport, Maine
Old Sow Whirlpool
The largest tidal whirlpool in the Western Hemisphere.
