Places nicolaspratt Wants to Go

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

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

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

An amazing collection of scale model ships.