Places darrelmw Wants to Go

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.

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

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

A turn-of-the-century architectural marvel built on healing mineral springs and salt licks.

Museum dedicated to the struggles of the disabled.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

Siddhartha Gautama sat here and received enlightenment.

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.