Places HootEye Wants to Go

Parking garage where Bob Woodward met Watergate source "Deep Throat."

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

This taxidermy horse was a Civil War hero.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Daredevil repair workers can worm their way out the access hatch, loop ropes over the apex and rappel down the monument.

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

The first American axe throwing club.

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

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

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

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.