Places pkaddams15 Wants to Go

A 22-foot stainless steel quilting needle pays tribute to a local connection to fiber arts.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

More than 12,000 years ago, this park was a playground for mastodons.

The owners of this Victorian-era estate say it’s still visited by the spirits of long-gone residents.

A collection of soda memorabilia that spans decades.

A taxidermy “mermaid,” vampire-killing kits, and hundreds of other bizarre objects are housed at this quirky museum.

A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

The oldest soda fountain in St. Louis has been serving up treats for more than a century.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

Exploring the past, present, and future of blues music.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This small museum celebrates the history of the Ouija board and its connection to the city of Baltimore.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.

This ancient jade mask depicting the Zapotec bat god was found in the ruins of the pyramids of Monte Alban.