Places bauer2x4 Wants to Go

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

This island castle contains enough secret passageways to support a season of Scooby-Doo episodes.

This tiny site in Iowa, part of a patchwork national wildlife refuge, is home to ancient flora and fauna.

These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.

This eight-mile stretch of road gets its name from a local legend about a lost soul searching for his head.

The only remains of a 1918 section of Route 30.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

Watch bison, elk, and other wild animals up close at this national park.

Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

Sculpture garden and miniature golf course blend together in the oversized backyard of a Minnesota sculptor.

The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

An unusual geological feature towers over the remains of a dark episode in United States history.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

One car at a time please.