Places IrishCurves Wants to Go

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

This museum holds not just a world class collection of firefighting artifacts and gear but even the region's first fire station itself.

The surprising home of the iconic Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

Local legend has it that an old, decaying staircase outside this cemetery is haunted by dozens of ghosts.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

A sculpture for the sun and stars, created by Nancy Holt.

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A 90-foot-tall psychedelic "tree" on the side of the highway has baffled passersby for decades.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.