Places sburke4444 Wants to Go

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

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

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

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

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

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

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

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

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

An extraordinary mixture of natural beauty and man-made phenomena.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.