Places kerryymm Wants to Go

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

This lookout tower built in the 1930s is now an in-demand cabin with what might be the best view of the Seneca State Forest.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

These pillars are one of the few remnants from the mysterious lost empire of Makuria.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

Over 100 years ago this pyramidal holding cell was reserved for rowdy drunks but now only offers five minute sentences.

The luxurious English estate houses the world’s largest private collection of French Rothschild wines.

Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town.

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

A 2,000-year-old wine press hidden in an overlooked park in Tel Aviv.

A supersonic jet stands on a pedestal in this rural village as a monument to military aviation.

A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

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