Places snapklimek Wants to Go

A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.

No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

The largest collection of historical roller skates in the world.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

Metal monsters made from repurposed materials lurk alongside this Pennsylvania road.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

A unique sculpture designed to raise stroke awareness.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

After an Illinois church was struck by lightning and burned down, Frank Lloyd Wright designed this replacement.

A section in the cemetery mostly for circus performers, including victims of the famous 1918 Hammond Circus train wreck.

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

Cabins once lived in by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are featured at this Old West living history museum.

A local museum remembers one of the worst acts of anti-Chinese violence in American history.

This rural museum highlights Wyoming's era of trapping and fur trades, and hosts the annual Green River Rendezvous in July.

Named for a prominent scout and explorer, this Wyoming state park encompasses a replica of an 1840s trading post, a 19th-century Army outpost, and early 20th-century automobile lodgings.

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.

This sandstone building is a relic of the Overland Trail.

Mark Twain once stopped at this rest station during his journey to Nevada.