Places texastessa1 Wants to Go

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.

For more than half a century, an enormous feline has watched over this London neighborhood.

The last vestiges of a magnificent Victorian-era train station can be found in this pub.

A former groundskeeper’s cottage, now famous for being the main location of a hit British comedy game show.

A seemingly out-of-place comic book surprise sits on the 21st floor of the tallest university library in the world. 

This statue is a commemoration of the only place where Freud spoke in the United States.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Tucked away in the forest, these giant wooden trolls delight visitors in Charlestown, Rhode Island.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.

This restaurant, art gallery, and nightlife hot spot is a love letter to Lagos from St. Louis.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.