Vermillion, South Dakota
Spirit Mound Historic Prairie
Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."
Places garagedooropener Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Brazil
Snake Island (Ilha da Queimada Grande)
Off-limits and full of venomous pit vipers, Brazil’s Snake Island has a frighteningly apt nickname.
Seattle, Washington
Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mütter Museum
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Permanently Closed
Bloomington, Indiana
Empire Quarry
A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
MIT Edgerton Center
MIT students continue the legacy of beloved professor "Doc" Edgerton through learning by doing.
Cherrapunjee, India
The Root Bridges of Cherrapunji
Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.
Berkeley, California
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.
California City, California
California City: The Unbuilt Suburb
The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.
