Places mbrowne108 Wants to Go

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

This house was the subject of an Edward Hopper painting, which in turn helped inspire the design of the Bates house in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho.'

This giant rock arrived at this quiet park thousands of years ago on the back of a massive glacier.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

Self-sufficient greenhouse floating on the Hudson River.

The "Skinny House" is made from scrap, salvage, and a neighbor’s kindness.

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

A relic of roadside lore and perhaps the first of its kind in North America.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

The tiniest tiki room in San Diego.

A statue based on a tragic Japanese nursery rhyme, commemorating San Diego's sisterhood with Yokohama.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

The freeway that never was.

One man's quest for the ultimate road trip vehicle.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.