Places jessicahawk Wants to Go

Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!

A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.

One of the largest aviation events in the world brings half a million aircraft enthusiasts to Wisconsin each year.

Eternal resting place of the grave robber and murderer who served as inspiration for many of cinema’s famous madmen.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

The oldest continually used church in Minneapolis also sells great meat pies.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.

A memorial to the tens of thousands of Irish who fled to North America during the Great Famine.

The nude sculpture on this fountain shocked conservative townsfolk when it was first unveiled, but not as much as the dead body found in it decades later.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

305 homemade stone stairs wind their way up the Hamilton escarpment.

It took over 100 years to decode this enigmatic epitaph for two buried brides.

Quite possibly the last cross all humans will ever see.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

A small and quirky museum hidden inside a fence.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.