Places samfsm Wants to Go

The third-tallest lighthouse in the United States stands as a reminder of Atlantic City's early days.

Memorial built in 1922 in remembrance of WWI casualties.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

In the Compton Hill Reservoir Park sits a statue whose lack of clothing caused a scandal for the group that commissioned it.

One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

Sip colonial-era cocktails at this monthly recreation of a 1740 watering hole.

The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.