Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.

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

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

See six states from the newly restored 100-year-old historic roadside attraction.

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

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.