Places waywardwillard Wants to Go

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

This factory made "health corsets" that were a step towards liberating women's bodies.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

A humble air museum located in an original World War II aircraft factory.

The location of the pie company that gave a classic toy its name is now a parking lot.

An abandoned 146-acre summer resort slowly being reclaimed by nature.

Springtime is go time for this repurposed shack and the fish it venerates.

Inside a state forest, the forgotten remains of a Cold War defensive installation.

This strangely amalgamated museum explores the history of the Timex clock company as well as archaeology.

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.

This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.

A small museum packed with specimens from important fossil sites and minerals from historical pegmatite quarries.

The gravestone of an eccentric Connecticut doctor features dinosaur tracks and a pair of fossil tree casts.

Now home to hardy plants, these sand and gravel dunes once held back a massive prehistoric lake.

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

A museum dedicated to antique toys, collectibles, and nostalgia.

An overgrown and abandoned tuberculosis ward resides in the midst of a quaint modern neighborhood.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

A giant time capsule not scheduled to be cored until 2040.

Endless rows of boxes of paper records line the hallways of the archaic federal facility where guns are traced.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.