Washington, D.C.
National Museum of Crime and Punishment
America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.
Ellicott City, Maryland
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
Fort Worth, Texas
The world's second-longest burning light bulb.
San Antonio, Texas
Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.
Rayne, Louisiana
The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.
San Antonio, Texas
An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.
The Colony, Texas
A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.
San Antonio, Texas
These boots are made for selfies.
Galveston, Texas
A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Houston, Texas
The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Austin, Texas
This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.
Austin, Texas
A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Austin, Texas
Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.
Paris, Texas
In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.
Waxahachie, Texas
It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.
Margate City, New Jersey
Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."
Berlin, Maryland
The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.
Lewes, Delaware
The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.
Milton, Delaware
What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.