Places sweetleaf Wants to Go

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

An oddity shop inspired by the history of the circus.

This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

This quaint New Jersey graveyard is an eternal resting place for thousands of beloved pets.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

Creativity is far from extinct in Missouri, and this painted dinosaur is no exception!

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

The longest of the four remaining covered bridges in Missouri.

This former office building has been transformed into an immersive music venue and art space.

This mysterious hill seems to pull objects uphill.

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

More than 350 million years ago, western New York was covered in a vast sea. Today, you can dig up the remains of the plants and animals that lived there.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.