Places otterwhere Wants to Go

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

A lonely chimpanzee lures you into a narrow alley leading to this hidden shrine.

This iconic meat-and-three seasons every dish with ancestral cooking knowledge from South Carolina’s Lowcountry.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

The first marker along the famous boundary.

The meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania.

Run a wash cycle while sipping a latte at this community-oriented café.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

Located in a beautifully restored ice house, this museum is the result of decades of hard work and devotion to the craft of plumbing.

The classic Christmas carol was written at this Massachusetts tavern in 1850.

Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

America’s oldest community theater, this Boston club has been in operation since 1877.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

This is the house that spite built.

A small plaque promises cold, hard cash in exchange for work by the famous pop artist.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.

The self-proclaimed world's smallest museum, located next to a Massachusetts sandwich chain.

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.