Places BBurris Wants to Go

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

This lake—the second largest in the state— was hiding historic treasures beneath its surface.

Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

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

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.