Places cervidologist Wants to Go

A disarmed 40-foot nuclear missile on display outside a North Carolina church.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

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

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.

A fake block of cheese remembers a feat of dairy engineering from the Chicago World's Fair.

A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.

At this Nashville restaurant, cheese and charcuterie arrive via conveyor belt.

A marker commemorates a 1,400-pound wheel of cheese made to honor Andrew Jackson.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

Home to a full cast of the largest woolly mammoth ever recovered in North America. 

Visit Morris, the Horse, the symbol of the small town of Tryon since 1928!

This hidden jockey “walk of fame” celebrates the winning riders of the Kentucky Derby.

The oldest purpose built museum in Illinois, home to original Victorian taxidermy.

This bullfrog grew to an alleged weight of 42 pounds on a diet of whiskey, baked beans, and June bugs.

A bizarre, tuberculosis sanatorium-themed café moonlighting as an underground art gallery.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

An equine tribute in a charming Southern city that calls itself "The Horse Capital of the World."

Taxidermy of the racing horse with a huge heart, who inspired hope in the Depression.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.