Places ickaimp Wants to Go

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

After funding was cut for a memorial to the Danish author, the sculptor had his statue ceremonially lowered into the city harbor.

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

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

America's first public mental health facility.

The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.

Enjoy coffee and cake while viewing antique medical equipment at this unique cafe.

Three rooms of bones, curios, and one artist's collection of natural artifacts create this intriguing museum.

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."

This hidden 13th-century tavern room has a few Shakespearean connections.

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.

Collection of nearly 500 concrete figures sculpted by the late Veijo Rönkkönen.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

Finland's oldest astronomical observatory once played a crucial role in seafaring and timekeeping.