Places Tometheus Wants to Go

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

These 11,000-year-old mounds may be the oldest known human-made structures in the Americas.

Thousands of railroad artifacts are housed in one of the last remaining mission revival style train depots in the South.

World's largest precision optical instrument used to detect Einstein's elusive gravity waves.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

The final resting place of a music legend.

One of El Paso's oldest dives may have inspired the classic Marty Robbins song.

Located in the place where the Columbia space shuttle came down, a museum-memorial that is both touching and informative.

This museum showcases the history and contributions of the U.S. Army to the medical industry, both on the battlefield and off.

This unique park is dedicated to a favorite locally born snack line.

This hotel was used during the Manhattan Project to house official visitors.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

A rim-made reptile in North Dakota.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.