Places frenchtoastkitty Wants to Go

This small, independent museum documents the unique culture of Deaf people in the United States.

Explore the cabin where the famed abolitionist once lived and the site where he fought the Battle of Osawatomie.

A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.

Step back in time to explore 19th-century Appalachian life, from blacksmiths to Model Ts.

West Virginia’s largest bog is home to rare carnivorous plants.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

A unique museum that uses visual art and storytelling to reveal the hidden history of the Gullah Geechee and their African ancestors.

This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.

This small museum is kept in a house that was integral to the genesis of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

While filling up your gas tank in eastern Kentucky, you just might stumble into this collection of country music memorabilia.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

This oddities museum and folk art environment encourages visitors to play, explore, create, and even add to the environment itself.

A famous—but endangered—plant is on view at an unassuming nature preserve a quick drive from Myrtle Beach.

Get some farm-to-table history at this living history museum, where you’ll learn what farm life was like a hundred years ago.