Places kristamsharp Wants to Go

This historic island prison holds one of the dungeons from the Count of Monte Cristo even though it is a work of fiction.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.