Places JackalopeTamer Wants to Go

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

Located inside a former bread factory, this museum explores a century of transportation history through innovations that were extraordinary or failures—sometimes both.

This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

This relatively recently abandoned brewery is a tragic reminder of the continuing effects of Hurricane Katrina.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."