Places mariaricks98 Wants to Go

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

Intricate storybook scenes are tucked inside these shadow boxes, which are tucked inside a library in the Pocono Mountains.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.

A macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.

A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

This unusual public park, which contains an eclectic mix of industrial remains from the 19th century, originated as an archaeological dig in the 1980s.

A nerdcentric group and creators of the Nerd Prom.

A fence constructed completely of skis on Monroe Street.

No one's quite sure where this quirky university tradition originated.

The Real LegoLand.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

Enter the Forest of the Elves.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

This work of folk art was produced by Gregory Warmack but the artifacts cemented in place are communal.

Visit the site where the original Krispy Kreme doughnut was made back in 1937.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.