Places helenthemelon25 Wants to Go

Since 1929, this institution has been serving one of the most celebrated po’ boys in New Orleans.

Colonial Williamsburg was home to one of the earliest institutions in North America dedicated to educating Black children.

A small cave with a larger-than-life legend.

This unassuming home played a pivotal role in American history, essentially putting an end to the Revolutionary War.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

A master of deception, Harry Houdini's greatest trick may have been living in two places at once.

In a city filled with Frank Gehry buildings, one stands out as one of the architect's weirder works.

Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

This roadside stand claims to be the world's smallest bookstore.

A herd of plastic cows hangs out under this transmission tower in rural Georgia.

A quirky roadside sign was the subject of a years-long legal standoff over highway right-of-way clearances. 

This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.

Have a heavy metal Christmas at this bizarre Turkish-American restaurant.

More than 70 detailed dioramas—including some rather nontraditional ones—fill this charming museum.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.

A museum dedicated to the history of electric interurban transit near the home of the first electric trolley system in the United States.

One couple’s bespoke castle is one of Pittsburgh's most fashionable dining spots. 

Thomas Francis Meagher drowned here in 1867, but whether his death was an accident or a murder, nobody knows.

A thousand years old and the largest of its kind in the world.

A detailed, loving tribute to America's most isolated city.

This six-building complex is the home of the world's largest steer.

A memorial to the most decisive Native American victory of the Plains Indian War.