Places pasharp1031 Wants to Go

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

This limestone outcropping was once a ceremonial site for ancient Native Americans.

Locals say Williams' ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.

High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

Stories of sightless fish and ghostly cowboys are only a fraction of the legends surrounding this Kansas sinkhole.

For decades, it has disappeared and reappeared as water levels rise and fall.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.