Places irockon82 Wants to Go

Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

Tales of ghosts, cryptids, and true crime rise from the murky waters of the largest freshwater wetland in Massachusetts.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

A dragon-shaped fountain that is said to dispense healing water—unless you're evil.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

This Tudor-style mansion is home to the first roadside confectioner in the United States.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

Row, row, row your pumpkin quickly down the stream.

Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The best way to get a sneak peek at the movies.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

The oldest playground in America.

A Rodeo for Prisoners.