Places exploringwithesch Wants to Go

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

These massive mitts are made of 30 tons of devotional bronze.

The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

This candy-striped tower is the farthest east you can go in the United States.

This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”

The steel hull of a wrecked tug rests on Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island’s rocky southeastern shore.

A couple's 60-year love of collecting is on display at this unique stove repair shop in Maine.

This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.

The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.

The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.

Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.

A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.