Places Jumboto Wants to Go

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.

A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.

This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

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

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

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

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

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

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.