Places Kirkenator Wants to Go

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

Part of a highway network meant to connect Miami to Montreal, this 10-mile stretch of road made from red bricks is still around 100 years later.

This 1920s railway depot is now home to two unique museums complete with a miniature train ride.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

An author's private collection of quirky travel-trinkets and oddities has become a rotating mini-museum in the window of a local bookstore.

Play over 120 retro arcade games and pinball machines at this throwback museum.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

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

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

VW heaven in the backwoods of Dade City, now gone.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

This facility, now a museum, once housed and trained U.S. Army Air Force pilots who flew during the Allied invasion of Normandy.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

If you ever wanted to own an actual piece of Disney World, this is the place to shop.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

A joyful oddity that takes the art of clowning very seriously.