Places alexz Wants to Go

An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.

Abandoned bridge hidden deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

Home of mutant livestock.

Home to fossils and other specimens from the Western Interior Seaway.

This historic railroad hotel built from Kansas limestone was once the most popular hotels for traveling salesmen in the midwest.

This small museum contains fossils from an era when Kansas was underwater.

Enjoy a tour of oddities and makeshift monsters at this souvenir store with an offbeat sense of humor.

This roadside park filled with unusual statues is on the grounds of an abandoned railway station.

This mid-19th-century dugout was once home to a Swedish family as they erected their homestead.

The oldest house in Lindsborg, Kansas, includes some fascinating inscriptions.

This statue is an ode to an iconic roadside advertisement popularized during the 1970s.

This 100-foot tall bluff located in the western plains of Kansas overlooks a massive reservoir.

Also known as the Cathedral of the Plains, this church holds the distinction of being one of the "8 Wonders of Kansas."

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

A unique gallery chronicles the losers of American presidential history.

These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.

The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.

This artsy public restroom is shaped like a giant john.

This Wild West attraction is probably more fiction than history, but that doesn't mean it's not awesome.

The Bucyrus-Erie model 1850B electric shovel, or "Big Brutus," the largest existing electric shovel in the world.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

Curious rock formations in a tiny Kansas state park.

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.