Places Polytropa Wants to Go

The history of the tea trade is told in bas-relief on this historic pair of Boston doors.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Grab a slice of pizza next to the remains of the "human monkey" who ran for mayor.

Pay a visit to America's oldest yarn shop.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

Tucked away in Jacksonville's oldest neighborhood, this museum stands as a repository and celebration of outsider art.

Millions of pieces of Venetian glass showcase the life of Christ.

If you ever wanted to own an actual piece of Disney World, this is the place to shop.

A small strip of artistic displays is tucked away in a flea market.

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Hands-on activities, childbirth artifacts, and a library are all part of this tiny, one-room museum that examines motherhood and women’s roles throughout history.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.