Places hoyeboye Wants to Go

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

Historical structures and natural wonders await visitors to this preserve.

One of the few beardless depictions of Lincoln, George Grey Barnard's 1917 statue was denounced by many—including Lincoln's own son.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

He’s not from around here.

The ruins of a sixth-century monastery sit on the banks of the River Shannon.

Ireland's most northerly island is hauntingly beautiful. Its lighthouse was the last glimpse of home for many Irish emigrants bound for the U.S.

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

In northern Ohio, the glorious past of America's trains is on full display.

The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

A former Canadian automobile ferry mysteriously appeared in the Black River 20 years ago, and now it quietly rusts away.

This NASA test station is home to some of the world’s largest and most powerful space environment simulation facilities.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.

This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.

This museum located in the "Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World," chronicles the history of cob pipe.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

This sprawling collection hides many charms.

Made from local Irish moss, this pie is served only in Prince Edward Island's potato museum.