Places Jared Steed Wants to Go

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

This small red school was where Germany signed their surrender during WWII.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

This public park was the site of the largest civilian disaster of the Civil War.

This small Bavarian graveyard is filled with empty graves for German soldiers lost during the World Wars.

This tiny museum kept in a B&B laundry room holds the death mask of notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

A hollowed-out baobab that became the horrific final resting place of leprosy sufferers, with gruesome evidence to prove it.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world