Places Celia Wants to Go

A solitary tree has grown up all alone on Lake Wānaka, backdropped by the beautiful Southern Alps.

The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Cliffs that hold fossils, including the earliest known reptile, dating back more than 300 million years.

An exceptional assortment of fossils recovered from private collections.

This spiritual landmark for practicers of Shamanism is drenched in milk and vodka and covered in blue scarves.

A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.

Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.

The grassy landscape is home to the world's last truly wild horses.

A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

Inside this curiosity shop, visitors can peruse the clown collection or purchase a molar from the mouth of Bigfoot.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

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

This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

This quirky roadside attraction dives into the many theories surrounding North America's most infamous hairy cryptid.

Home of Jake the Alligator Man, the mummified remains of a cigar smoking, cross-dressing celebrity of the Northwestern coast.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.