Places kariursu8 Wants to Go

A library of only unpublished manuscripts.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

A small arthouse cinema in Bend, Oregon showing independent films in a tucked away historic alley

San Francisco's oldest operating hotel, with a Victorian atmosphere and a "haunted" fourth floor.

One of the smallest parks in San Francisco honors the legacy of the "Mother of Civil Rights in California."

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

A quiet nook at the top of a little-known hilltop park named after California's first poet laureate.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

The largest Star Wars collection in the world is its own galaxy of collectibles.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

The Branch Davidian compound known as the Mount Carmel Center became the site of one of the most controversial law enforcement operations in U.S. history.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

A visionary oral narration project brought new life to Jonesborough.