Places Scott Terrell Wants to Go

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

Hear the tales of New York's most notorious criminals.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

The "Seinfeld" diner.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.