Places stuburns Wants to Go

A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.

This simple stone monument honors a 19th-century tragedy.

A eclectic collection of military memorabilia.

A Winnebago Tribe collection featuring arrowheads, artwork, and a mysterious rock carving.

Storage units with a wartime past.

An Englishman loses his scalp to a Cheyenne warrior and lives to donate it to a library.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

An obelisk commemorating Lincoln's role in connecting the coasts.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

One of the most powerful computers in the world can be visited by anyone who wants to experience more computing than they can handle.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.