Places afink Wants to Go

From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.

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

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

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

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

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

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

This historic jailhouse was designed by famed architect Robert Mills.

This former courthouse is allegedly the site of the last witch trial in the United States.

A royal relic from the time that gambling was accidentally made legal in South Carolina.

An ornate abandoned schoolhouse hidden in the woods near a decaying mill town.

A library of poems cascade off the branches of this unsuspecting tree.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

The ruins of this once-grand mansion are linked to one of the country’s most popular clothing brands.

The ruins of a 19th-century mill are hidden along a greenway in a prominent Charlotte neighborhood.

This steam locomotive served as both an interesting static display and unique playground equipment since 1959.

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.