Places Sturgeon Wants to Go

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.

Memorials are nearly all that remains of this Arkansas prison camp, where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated during World War II.

Ernest Hemingway wrote a good portion of "A Farewell to Arms" while living with the parents of his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer.

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

Located near the U.S.-Mexico border, this park remembers the famous raid of General Francisco “Pancho” Villa and his soldiers.

Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.

Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

The symbol was surreptitiously built into the river bank by German prisoners of war.

A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

The final resting place of the living embodiment of the famous Forest Service symbol.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

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