Places zride1905 Wants to Go

The Father of the Erie Canal has a magnificent grave marker that redefines the term "final resting place."

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

The headquarters of Korea’s provisional government later became the site of a prominent statesman's assassination.

The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.

This historic Erasmus statue was first mistaken for a legendary Chinese inventor, then as a child-eating hag.

The first successful human heart transplant is depicted through wax figures at the hospital where it the surgery took place.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

The only museum dedicated entirely to the dry stone walling technique.

Home to the world's largest collection of ancient Champa's sculptural works, featuring many Hindu and Buddhist deities.

An open-air museum exhibiting a total of 52 century-old buildings, recreating Hokkaido’s “pioneer village.”

This rural water utility building houses a tribute to one of the greatest stars of the silent film era.

Once the home of a local newspaper, this small museum preserves the history of Beaver Island, from its Indigenous inhabitants to the arrival of a self-proclaimed king.

The exit of the largest prisoner-of-war escape attempt on American soil during World War II.

One of the only two archaeological sites in Japan to feature petroglyphs, which some believe to be a long-lost writing system of the gods.

The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

A church now sits over the site of one of the worst urban disasters of early 19th-century America.

The Devil’s Porridge tells the story of HM Factory Gretna and the munitions girls who mixed deadly chemicals.

An American mascot that became a lucky god in Japan, enshrined in a city far from the main center of his worship.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

The Hudson River School comes alive at this palatial estate.

The press that first printed the Book of Mormon.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

The final resting place of Gary Gygax; co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons.