Places NG3894 Wants to Go

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

Turnip-shaped island just off the Michigan shore in Lake Huron.

The menus here are a love letter to the culinary history of New Orleans.

Dozens of tiny doors dot Newport's Mansion Hill neighborhood.

A life-sized recreation of the megafauna that once roamed this region is a feature at the birthplace of American paleontology.

Featuring a Loretta Lynn display and a re-created coal mine exhibit.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

He’s not from around here.

The collection of a paranormal investigator who traveled the country collecting haunted items and stories.

This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.

Veritable museum of 20th century country music history.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

Visitors to this arboretum are greeted by three smiling giants crafted from sustainable materials.

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

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.