Places peregrine79 Wants to Go

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A billionaire heiress' menagerie of animals were lovingly laid to rest on the grounds of her former estate.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

An early 20th-century fruit warehouse home of an artistic and cultural renaissance in northeastern Washington.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

Train cars and railroad artifacts abound at this restaurant devoted to railway history.

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.

These small house replicas have stood proudly since the 1950s, even as the property has changed hands.

The final resting place of a famous 19th-century murder victim whose identity is still a mystery.

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

In what is rumored to be an intentional act of spite, this memorial almost completely obscures the nearby grave of a senior officer.

This lookout tower built in the 1930s is now an in-demand cabin with what might be the best view of the Seneca State Forest.

This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

This house proudly displays an interactive and continuously changing exhibit of lawn flamingos.

Not one, but two of Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural masterpieces nestled on the same street.

This donated headstone marks the grave of a pair of elderly women who were mysteriously murdered.

One man built this massive wall to keep his neighbor from complaining about working on Sundays.

A mysterious inscription may hold a clue about the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.