Places authorsofthearmillary Wants to Go

A man's home is his castle.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

This park is home to all 8 swan species, and also has extensive plantings of Japanese Iris.