Places Doug Gerlach Wants to Go

Three stone bridges straddling the River Gowy form part of the medieval road from London to Holyhead—despite a common nickname, they're not Roman.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

One of the world’s largest living advertisements is made out of pine trees.

Infamous marsh filled with toxic waste, World War II-era London rubble, and dead mobsters galore.

The Wright Tavern is possibly the most important building in Concord Massachusetts to the American Revolution.

Built in just a little over a week this preserved bunker was created to protect our most attractive POTUS while he was on vacation.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

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

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.