Places sburke4444 Wants to Go

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

America's first federal monument.

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

The first American axe throwing club.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.

What was once the largest NFL stadium.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

The world's largest indoor go-kart racetrack is hiding in Connecticut.

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

One of many reminders of Tesla's scientific contributions overlooks the falls which inspired him.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.