Places ch1k822 Wants to Go

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

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

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

The naval commander’s proudest moment in battle is memorialized in this unique tomb at Arlington Cemetery.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

The first space rock known to have struck a human.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

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

A heartwarming message to those entering and departing Music City from above.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

Behind the Cowboy Hall of Fame is a burial ground for good horses and a famed rodeo bull.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.

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