Places Nekoswan Wants to Go

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

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

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

One of the oldest restaurants in Orlando is a no-frills seafood shack still shucking fresh oysters by the bucket.

A public, open-air art exhibit featuring world-renowned sculptures hides in plain sight on the outskirts of Orlando.

A different kind of swan princess.

If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

This plaque honors the unsung Black songstress once known as the “greatest singer of her race.”

After decades of neglect, a brutalist icon is getting new life as an eco-friendly hotel.

Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.

Connecticut grave of the woman responsible for the Winchester Mystery House in California.

An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

This former wildlife sanctuary is being transformed into an art park.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.