Bloomington, Indiana
Slocum Mechanical Puzzle Collection
The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
The Rosewell Plantation Ruins
This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.
Bloomington, Indiana
Beebe Gallery at the Kinsey Institute
A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.
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Staten Island, New York
The New York City Farm Colony
The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.
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Key Biscayne, Florida
Miami Marine Stadium
An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.
Key Biscayne, Florida
Neptune Memorial Reef
An underwater city for the dead.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Territorial Museum & The Carnegie Library
Home to the story of the outlaw turned funhouse mummy, Elmer McCurdy.
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Miami, Florida
Miami Jai-Alai
The timeworn "Yankee Stadium" of the fastest game in the world isn't going anywhere.
New York, New York
Wall Street Bombing Scars
Unrepaired walls from a 1920 anarchist bomb attack.
Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador
Gander International Airport Lounge
The tiny airport in remote Newfoundland that inspired a hit musical is also a modernist architectural gem.
Charleston, Newfoundland and Labrador
Trinity Loop
An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.
Red Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
Red Bay, Labrador
A forlorn fishing village on the coast of Labrador, full of shipwrecks and Spanish gold.
Port au Choix, Newfoundland and Labrador
Museum of Whales and Things
A chaotic collection of maritime artifacts, art, and really whatever else happens to be around.
Division No. 9, Subd. A, Newfoundland and Labrador
The Tablelands
This rocky spread has been squeezed up directly from the bowels of the earth.
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Rome, New York
Erie Canal Village
A historic recreation of the golden age of the Erie Canal, abandoned for some time, slowly being restored.
Alpena, Michigan
Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
This protected area in Lake Huron contains some of the world’s best-preserved shipwrecks.
Paradise, Michigan
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum
This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
San Francisco, California
Magowan's Infinite Mirror Maze
A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.
Beacon, New York
Ruins of the Mount Beacon Incline Railway
The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.
Cass, West Virginia
Cass Scenic Railroad
Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Harvard Lampoon Building
The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.
Chicago, Illinois
Man With Fish
This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.
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Jackson, Mississippi
The Mississippi River Basin Model
Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.
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Holly Springs, Mississippi
Graceland Too
Pink, packed sanctuary and home of the world's fullest-time Elvis fanatic.
