Places greasekitten Wants to Go

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

A glimpse into the sacrifices of military members during World War II.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

The final resting place of an outlaw, whose legend grew after death.

The final resting place of infamous outlaw Clyde and Marvin Barrow.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.

A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.