Places chachi Wants to Go

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

One of Indiana's only natural sandstone arches is nestled between resort ruins and an old Boy Scouts camp.

This whimsical park encourages its visitors and wildlife to roam on and around the various works of art.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

Tucked into the heart of historic Irvington, this 56-year-old metaphysical shop specializes in the olde ways.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

This abandoned cemetery has a dark past of bodies buried over bodies.

This railroad overpass is said to be home to a murderous goat-man whose very legend has led to very real deaths.

A science teacher's dream.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

Where dioramas can follow you home.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.