Places donnatalarico Wants to Go

Tucked away in a corner of a Maine general store there was a museum devoted to an equally beloved and reviled local soft drink.

It was once used as a classroom to teach mining skills to local high school students.

A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

The largest collection of historical roller skates in the world.

America's smallest town is run by its single citizen/mayor/librarian/bartender.

The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.

Over 600 vacuum cleaners stack the shelves of what may be the cleanest museum in America.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

This Kansas City studio was home to Walt Disney's first animation business.

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

This museum located in the "Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World," chronicles the history of cob pipe.

The famous greeting card maker owns a collection of paintings by the famed surrealist.

The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.