Places IrishCurves Wants to Go

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

This remarkably simple jail went over a century without an escape.

The oldest continuously operating church in California.

A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

Where the first "expert riders, willing to risk death daily" for the Pony Express were recruited.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.