Places writerchick2 Wants to Go

The inventor of the iconic Pringles can was so proud of his invention he was buried in one.

Learn about the history and craftsmanship of carousels inside this museum located in a former post office.

A circle of giant painted vases in the former pottery capital of the United States.

The spectacular collection of one of the world's best woodcarvers.

You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

A veritable variety of odds and ends.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

Final resting place of Typhoid Mary.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

Obscure and obsolete publications are given new life as works of art.

Historical figures from New York City's Catholic community reside in Midtown.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

Holding the most bodies of any cemetery in the United States.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.