Places Dawn S Wants to Go

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

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

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

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.

Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.

Beside some power panels, a plaque celebrates the history of an alternate world.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

An oddity shop filled with taxidermy, funerary memorabilia, and more.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

The legacies of two historic Black American institutions live on in this unassuming brick building.

An old bank vault in Atlanta is now the eternal shrine to the King of Rock and Roll.

One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.