Places Nicole Hebdon Wants to Go

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

Rare and classic books by Black authors are the focus at this independent bookstore in a historic Atlanta neighborhood.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

100 years later, they're still down there.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

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

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.