Places KGtraveler Wants to Go

A remarkable range of flora and fauna are represented in this Dominican nature preserve.

Columbus' failed colony in the New World.

Collection of fossils, plants, and ancient animals encased in amber.

Hundreds of pieces of ancient Taíno art cover the walls of this Caribbean cave system.

This trio of Dominican cave lakes comprise a colorful biosphere of natural life.

The final resting place of Christopher Columbus - or possibly someone else.

The oldest colonial fortress in the Americas was once the home and later prison of Christopher Columbus.

Built in 1512, the oldest cathedral in the Americas.

The first hospital in the New World.

After Christopher Columbus died, his son built a fancy house to rule from.

A collection cataloguing one of the most brutal dictatorships in modern history.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

This Federal-style plantation house was once visited by Abraham Lincoln to meet with generals during the Civil War.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.

Find your state fair food favorites all year long.

The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

Yo, Adrian!

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.