Places alisam9 Wants to Go

One man's vision and a labor of love of many.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

Built in 1869, this now-retired structure looks more like a medieval fortress than a county lock-up.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

This simple gravestone remembers a pig who single-hoofedly raised $19,000,000 for the Navy.

A museum where visitors can learn about greyhounds and (more importantly) pet them.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

This Mediterranean castle was built for a millionaire and his giant dog.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.