Places brandybatz Wants to Go

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

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

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

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

Take a monster truck tour around an ostrich farm in the middle of the desert.

This quiet chapel was central to a community of settlers who reclaimed an abandoned fort.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.