Places darrelmw Wants to Go

An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.

A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

The United Kingdom's smallest working cathedral also serves as a quaint bed and breakfast.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

The study has wall paneling from a 17th century ship.

The headquarters of the prestigious World Food Prize celebrates the heroes in the fight against hunger, has no cafeteria.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

Tucked away amongst townhomes lies a restored, early 20th-century tea house and garden, the only remains of a historic estate.

An old church full of restored Catholic statues is a makeup artist's labor of love.

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

Landmark dedicated to the plight of the American Indian in the 21st century.

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.