Places roadtriptammy Wants to Go

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

Once a famous outpost for purchasing saddles and spurs, this museum preserves the art, craft, and style of the American cowboy.

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.

This mural pays tribute to Atlanta natives and hip hop legends Andre 3000 and Big Boi, better known as OutKast.

At Houston’s longest-running restaurant, find a classic oyster stew beloved by a former U.S. President.

Two James Beard Award-winning chefs are putting their own spin on Filipino favorites in a food market stall.

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

One of the earliest graveyards in the region.

A tribute to the truly loyal dog who waited outside a hospital for his owner to come back.

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.