Places bethanyherron Wants to Go

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

Foragers once flocked to this big beautiful bayou to hunt for pearls.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.

Pirates had to be ousted from the land where this now ruined Louisiana fortress was built.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

This set of hot springs also comes with fantastic views.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

Crushed coral and crystals give the sand its signature coloration.