Places gogona Wants to Go

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

One of the oldest log cabins in America is one of the last of its kind this historic Swedish dwelling remains a piece of living history.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

This museum boasts a bucket of teeth and tells the tale of a 20th-century dental circus.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.

The ceiling of Prohodna Cave in northern Bulgaria affords a peek at the sky via two deity-sized-eye-shaped holes.

An industrial site turned into Hungary's most cherished natural wonder.

This micronation's flag honors its favorite drink, Kaffegöken, or "cuckoo-coffee."

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

One of Hungary's most influential places of learning is also home to one of the world's most beautiful libraries.