Places MonicaB Wants to Go

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

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

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The magic's in the hole!

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

A curious collection dedicated to human and animal anatomy and pathology.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."