Places Michael K Wants to Go

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.

Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.

This moving cemetery sphere is a slowly rolling stone.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

It's a repurposed treasure trove of history, located just an hour away from Acadia National Park.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

Marine fossils from the Devonian period are exposed at this park.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

This hidden jockey “walk of fame” celebrates the winning riders of the Kentucky Derby.

The only building in Louisville (hopefully) that contains two ancient holy skeletons.

This 19th century mansion façade adorned with immigrant patriotism is a symbol of Louisville’s history.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.