Places Annie Oortman Wants to Go

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

The same security that protects our nukes accidentally protected a gentle herd of antelope.

Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.

The easiest way to the highest point in Wyoming is only accessible via one hefty fee.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.

This UFO landing strip was created by a charitable Wyoming city that was worried about residents of Jupiter.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.