Places wanntonsoup Wants to Go

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A mysterious "wedding cake" castle in the middle of the urban desert.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.