Places armemom Wants to Go

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

A mysterious inscription may hold a clue about the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

Open-air cremations in Colorado's self-proclaimed spiritual mecca.

The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.

According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.

The oldest operating cemetery in Denver is the eternal home of some of the Centennial State's most famous residents.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

This razorback ridgeline has doubled as a scenic drive since the early 1900s.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.