Places Sam LaFrance Wants to Go

This rare archive of original recordings and photos uncovers the early days of hip hop culture.

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

Unique house covered in a nightmarish mural of demons, ghosts and monsters.

Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.

A crucified and bearded female saint.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.

Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

This airstrip atoll is uninhabited by humans, but absolutely full of birds.

Where dioramas can follow you home.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

The world's spiciest ice cream comes from Glasgow.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

A plaque immortalizes the spot where the early American spy said his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

An oddly specific collection of handmade dolls remembers the women of the White House.

This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.