Places MissMaam Wants to Go

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

The home and final resting place of the first native-born American saint

The Cold War-era "underground Pentagon" is a sprawling subterranean hideaway for the Defense Department.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

Unique collection containing a wide and curious range of contraceptive items.

Breakfast and lunch in a canteen where the servers and kitchen staff are prison inmates.

A striking symbol of the Troubles, this semi-demolished prison was home to the largest prison escape in the history of the British Isles.

Feel what it would have been like to live in Gettysburg during the pivotal Civil War battle.

This shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mary is also a tribute from a mother to her fallen son.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The oldest hotel in West Virginia is reportedly frequented by ghosts.

In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.