Places emilyalice1015 Wants to Go

One of America's oldest private membership libraries was long one of New Haven's best kept secrets.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

This statue honors a pillar of the early New Haven Black community.

A Yale University president wears full samurai garb in one of America’s oldest cemeteries.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.

A quirky assortment of musical marvels from around the world.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

This museum pays tribute to the largest group in the Iroquois Confederacy.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

An abandoned, rusty old relic of railroad history stands at attention over the Cuyahoga River.

Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.

The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.