Places jordank Wants to Go

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

The tennis legend used this racket while breaking the race barrier and becoming the first Black man to win the US Open.

The home of the artist credited with introducing the tomato to the American diet.

The first newspaper printed by an expeditionary force was published in this colonial mansion.

The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

Designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1893, this Gothic-style castle is now a home for academics.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

A sprawling network of century-old subterranean catacombs lies beneath a nondescript suburban home.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

The crumbling remains of Juneau's explosives storage site.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

An entertaining journey through the odd and strange awaits visitors to this shop.

A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

Colorful mineral deposits turn these mountains into an Impressionist fantasy.