Places chachi Wants to Go

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

Erosion has transformed this sandstone boulder into a massive dune-filled cavern.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.

Explore the flooded remains of a limestone mine in Kentucky.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

He’s not from around here.

A shop for all your magical needs and notions.

A free park where visitors can learn about and collect 440 million-year-old fossils.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.