Places IJAdventures Wants to Go

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.

A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

This cliffside memorial marks the final resting place of a lonely violinist.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

A short tunnel built straight through a magmatic dike.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

Experience life in one of America’s smallest neighborhoods.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.