Places bethmess Wants to Go

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

Mysterious Spanish catacombs of unknown origins.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

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

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.