Places sburke4444 Wants to Go

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

A giant telephone commemorates the last "crank" call ever made in the U.S.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

One of the world's most definitive collections of musical instruments, spanning all cultures and historical periods.

Very likely the only museum in the world that celebrates the glory of the humble banjo.

A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

Daily lunch spot for many of Washington, D.C.'s cab drivers.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

Inside a humble hangar is some of the best roller derby the world has to offer.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.