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I have been to 16 places and want to visit 53 more!

Meramec Caverns

Sullivan, Missouri
Once owned by President Ulysses S. Grant during the mid-1800s, Grant's Farm is now cared for by Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

Grant's Farm

St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis' Old Courthouse was the scene of the Dred Scott Decision, which served as a catalyst in the eradication of slavery in the United States.

Old St. Louis County Courthouse

St. Louis, Missouri
The illusive (and mythical) Piasa Bird

Piasa Bird

Alton, Illinois
The pin point impression wall gives spectators of all ages the chance to create 3D works of art.

The Magic House

St. Louis, Missouri

Elephant Rocks State Park

Pilot Knob, MO
The world's largest bottle of catsup.

World's Largest Catsup Bottle

Collinsville, Illinois

City Museum

St. Louis, Missouri
The Front of the Lemp Mansion, built in 1868. There have been three suicides in the walls of this house.

Lemp Mansion

St. Louis, Missouri
Medrese. (Wikimedia Commons)

Miniaturk

Istanbul, Turkey
Buggy rides at Rockome Gardens (Flickr/Пероша)

Rockome Gardens - An Amish Themepark

Arcola, Illinois
The Rosslyn Metro escalator. (Steven Cohen/Atlas Obscura)

Rosslyn Metro Escalator

Arlington, Virginia
The Collider Detector at Fermilab.

Fermilab

Batavia, Illinois

St. Valentine's Relics in Missouri

Florissant, Missouri
Monks Mound at Cahokia.

Cahokia Mounds

Collinsville, Illinois

The Stonework of Machu Picchu

Urubamba Valley, Peru
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Lightning Field

The Lightning Field

Quemado, New Mexico

St. Sebastian’s Cemetery

Salzburg, Austria

Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death

Baltimore, Maryland
Note Leyh in the sphere.

Electrum

Kaukapakapa, New Zealand

Krubera Cave

Georgia

Prague Astronomical Clock

Prague, Czech Republic
Church on the Blood.

The Church on the Blood

Yekaterinburg, Russia
Replica of the 7-foot telescope Herschel used to discover Uranus.

Herschel Museum of Astronomy

Bath, England
Sign in the catacombs

Catacombes de Paris

Paris, France

Sami

Greece

The Haunted Bookshop

Melbourne, Australia

The Gates of Hell

Derweze, Turkmenistan
The Minister's Tree House (Flickr/Wonderdawg777)

Minister's Tree House

Crossville, Tennessee
Labyrinth

Lichgate on High Road

Tallahassee, Florida

Warren Anatomical Museum

Boston, Massachusetts
Wall detail

Sedlec Ossuary "Bone Church"

Kutna Hora, Czech Republic

MoMath - The Museum of Mathematics

New York, New York
William Stowell tomb

Green Mount Cemetery

Montpelier, Vermont

Moonhole Homes

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Paraclete XP Skyventure

Raeford, North Carolina
Lake Nyos. (Wikipedia Commons)

Lake Nyos

Cameroon

World’s Quietest Place

Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Winchester Mystery House

San Jose, California

Opus 40

Saugerties

Titan Missile Museum

Sahuarita, Arizona

Flashing Fireflies of Kampung Kuantan

Kampung Kuantan, Malaysia

Eastern State Penitentiary

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Malta Cart Tracks

L-Imtarfa, Malta
The former columns of the U.S. Capitol date from 1829. (Leah Caldwell/Atlas Obscura)

National Capitol Columns

Washington, District of Columbia

Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum

Alexandria, Virginia
Entrance

Svalbard Seed Bank

Norway

Tintagel Castle

Tintagel, United Kingdom

St. Mary's College

Ilchester, Maryland

Amorphophallus titanum

Indonesia

minibar by Jose Andres

Washington, District Of Columbia
Cheddar gorge and caves.

The Cheddar Man and Cannibals Museum

Cheddar, England

Baikal Seals

Russia

Paulding Light

Paulding, Michigan

Forestiere Underground Gardens

Fresno, California
(Flickr/tik_tok)

Gedi Ruins

Near Mombasa, Kenya
1513 Piri Reis Map portion

Piri Reis Map at Topkapi Palace

Istanbul, Turkey
Augustinian Friar's Astrological Clock - one of the hands takes 20,000 years to revolve.

Clock Museum

Vienna, Austria

Odessa Catacombs

Odessa, Ukraine
Frozen strawberry with wasabi

Alinea Restaurant

Chicago, Illinois
(WikiCommons)

Battle of the Oranges

Ivrea, Italy

Hammond Castle Museum

Gloucester, Massachusetts
Cat with a "mousicle," a frozen block of dead mice. (Hope/Atlas Obscura)

The Cat House

Rosamond, California
Gates to the Poison garden

Alnwick Poison Gardens

Alnwick, England
Entrance to the museum

National Cryptologic Museum

Ft. George G. Meade, Maryland
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Grip the Raven

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"The Dream Garden" by Tiffany

Tiffany Glass Mural "The Dream Garden"

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Saltstraumen Maelstrom

Saltstraumen Maelstrom

Bodø, Norway

Devil's Swimming Pool

Victoria Falls, Zambia
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