Places stink Wants to Go

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Learn about the history of Shreveport in one of the city’s oldest surviving buildings.

One of the largest collections of intact Victorian-era waterworks equipment in the world.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.

A unique outdoor timepiece at a "clothing-optional" resort.

Lions and tigers and leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, lynxes, and ocelots... oh my!

The modern museum honors the achievements of the state's all-star athletes.

In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.

In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.

A folk-art cottage and hotel straight from a Slavic fairy tale.

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.