Places donnatalarico Wants to Go

The great American road trip, but smaller.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

Thousands of bottles that have held everything from poison to perfume make up the collection of this small museum.

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.

Play everything you see at a museum dedicated to a town's historic organ industry.

The house where Rudyard Kipling wrote 'The Jungle Book' is also the location of the first tennis court in Vermont.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."

Inside this community-run museum, visitors are treated to the history of toys and games.

This historic folk museum celebrates the attention to detail that makes America great.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

Industrial ruin decimated this tiny New England company town in a fashion no one saw coming… and even fewer remember today.

Founded in 1788, this Rhode Island institution is the oldest operating general store in America.

Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.

The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.

A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.

This beach-side arcade is believed to be the oldest penny arcade in America.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."