Places blueridgeslikers Wants to Go

The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.

A 30-foot man on a penny-farthing bicycle rides along the banks of the Mississippi.

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

A tribute to one of the most famous cowboys on TV, and the consumerism that fueled his popularity.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown

Some 20,000 dust-covered unwanted vehicles languish in the desert.

This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

This stone obelisk is a relic of the 17th-century Swedish mile markers.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.