Places wummewenders Wants to Go

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

The Fun Farm weaves fairy tales, myths, and magic into a magnificent collection for visitors to explore.

Smoky, also known as "Yorkie Doodle Dandy," was a four-pound hero of World War II.

A rare particle accelerator with a tremendous energy range is tucked away at Ohio University.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

This massive vault of comedic history is no joke.

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

This whimsical outsider art wall holds tiny treasures donated by the local community.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

The ruins of a creative scholar's fantastical unfinished sanctuary act as his massive gravestone.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

The place where Dvořák composed some of his most famous works.

A bronze plaque at an intersection in Hoboken marks the place where the game of baseball first took shape.

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.