Places caraobrien Wants to Go

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

A professional special effects makeup artist’s collection of horror creatures and one-of-a-kind recreations on display in downtown Boulder City.

This ghost town was once a cult-like religious utopian settlement.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

A year-long seasonal produce clock highlighting a variety of fruits and vegetables from across the Piedmont region.

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

This replica of a 16th-century French settlement memorializes one of the earliest attempts at a European settlement in North America.

This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.

According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.

Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.

This ancient Irish landscape boasts hundreds of legendary ruins.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.