Places pamelajoon Wants to Go

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

The world's first aircraft factory has been hiding inside an automobile plant for almost 80 years.

But did the famous feminist and abolitionist ever really say those iconic four words?

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.

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

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

This museum explores the lives of Chang and Eng, the "Original Siamese Twins."

A giant concrete churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.