Places rkurchak Wants to Go

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

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

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

The final resting place for the famed creator and narrator of "The Twilight Zone."

A museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars.

Center filled with hands-on displays served as a tribute to several astronauts with connections to the state.

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

Ancient petroglyphs discovered only after a massive fire swept across Michigan in the 1880s.

A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

Catch a ride through the Pennsylvania countryside on this historic narrow-gauge railroad.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

This landmark jazz venue is the oldest continuously running African-American club in the United States. Currently undergoing renovations, it is set to reopen in late 2025.