Places sdittman Wants to Go

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

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

America's first federal monument.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

The early data processor factory founded in Washington for the 1890 U.S. Census went on to become IBM.

The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.

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

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

Hundreds of antiquated typewriters and office machinery show the technological evolution of business.

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

Home to items never before seen by the public.

The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.