Places scottgentry314 Wants to Go

Once a flowing stream and where the USS Monitor, the world's first ironclad, was built and launched.

Retribution for death of infamous mob boss Franie Yale was a case of mistaken identity.

The most confusing clock in New York.

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

Plot your trip through the city on the sidewalk.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

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

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Entombed in this strange, white stone hill are the deadly remains of radioactive weapons production.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.