Places teddrake Wants to Go

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.

Daily lunch spot for many of Washington, D.C.'s cab drivers.

A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

A large instrument played by the wind.

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

This former INS center is now home to a thriving community of artists, from performers to painters to architects.

A comprehensive collection of bonsai set in a beautiful campus.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

Inside this curiosity shop, visitors can peruse the clown collection or purchase a molar from the mouth of Bigfoot.

Tasked with beautifying a disused stretch of industrial land one artist filled a hole with grass.

This unique library spans a mighty river.

Outside this souvenir shop is a statue of Bigfoot composed of volcanic ash, and plenty more to see inside.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.