Places sfrench815 Wants to Go

The terrified face of Henry Wells is etched on this garret window.

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

The only thing stranger than stumbling onto these philosophical musings is the story of the homesteader who created them.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

This otherwise innocuous bodega was once the headquarters of the most feared assassin's guild in American history.

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

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

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

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

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

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

A veritable variety of odds and ends.