Places 9 to 5 Voyager Wants to Go

Abandoned and overgrown town with views of the Mediterranean Sea.

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.

This historic textile city was abandoned after being ravaged by fire.

This work of folk art was produced by Gregory Warmack but the artifacts cemented in place are communal.

Visit the site where the original Krispy Kreme doughnut was made back in 1937.

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

One of the few remaining railroad turntables is hidden near downtown Raleigh.

This family-owned diner has been slinging chili dogs since 1940.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

This family-run joint has been going whole hog for nearly 100 years.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

Dine on superb local staples in a converted historic church.