Places abk1974 Wants to Go

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

A different Edgar Allan Poe built this charming Victorian home.

The imprints of astronaut Charles Duke’s moon boots live on at Myrtle Beach’s official South Carolina Hall of Fame.

This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.

This 35-foot-tall hamburger-toting chef is said to be the largest bobblehead in the world.

This recycled wax museum may be the only one that features John Travolta in a Bible scene.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Learn about the history and craftsmanship of carousels inside this museum located in a former post office.

The Rosie the Riveter statue in Clarksville, Indiana, honors a real-life riveter who worked on B-24 bombers.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

Sample original Hatfield family moonshine at this distillery in southern West Virginia.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.