Places jgallagherm Wants to Go

The Midwest's reigning king of surplus stores is full of nothing you need and everything you want.

Eight feet in diameter and more than 24 feet around.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.

In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Annual convention held by the largest pyrotechnic community in the world.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.