Places erinmawn9 Wants to Go

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

This recipe is set in stone.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

A headstone notes where the most famous of Robin Hood's legendary Merry Men is reportedly buried.

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

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

The home of an antique carousel still in operation.

Taxidermy reptiles and rodents put on quite the show at this local history museum.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

This massive melon is a recreation of a similar gate from the Pan-American Expo.

The gravestone of the man who designed the plastic pink flamingo is adorned with his most famous creation.

The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

This statue is a commemoration of the only place where Freud spoke in the United States.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.