Places bethanyherron Wants to Go

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

Beyond being incredibly fun, not much can be said about the Hole with certitude.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

42nd story Pyramid shaped penthouse tops Seattle's oldest skyscraper.

This Seattle curio shop collects and sells haunted items in order to spread wonder one grim artifact at a time.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.