Places tishtishtish Wants to Go

This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.

See prehistoric footprints, plus two complete mastodon skeletons.

At the top of the hour, this steam-powered clock's eight brass whistles play "Back Home Again in Indiana."

This monument owes its name to a quote by the famous civil rights activist and journalist.

This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.

At a mile long, the Fort Madison Bridge is the largest double-decker swing-span bridge in the world.

Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.

A Jurassic artscape composed of transmission casings and other mechanical parts.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

The largest Jewish museum in the southeastern U.S. houses a permanent Holocaust exhibit emphasizing the strength of its survivors.

Rare and classic books by Black authors are the focus at this independent bookstore in a historic Atlanta neighborhood.

A semi-retired nurse’s record-setting collection of 3,000 tiny chairs.

A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.

The warmth and creative kitsch of a quilt engulf every patron who visits.

The final resting place of an iconic drag performer is decorated with pearls and hot-pink lipstick.

Step back in time while shopping inside this local store.

Home to a 26-foot-tall statue of an American icon.

A set of tall pillars and alcove-like rooms that are significant to the Miami people of Indiana.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.