Places ChadD Wants to Go

A display of everyday life in the area that was unveiled during the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

The site of good faith and good nature in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.

A plaque on Canada's Hornby Island commemorates a fantastical creature from a fictional universe.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.

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

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

This small Australian town is considered home to the "Yowie" or the Aussie Big Foot.

Occult books, tarot, oddities.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Mounds of fine golden sand that can rise nearly 500 feet tall.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

An out-of-place grove of sequoias thrives in northern Spain.

An exact replica of a colossal Olmec head sits atop a pyramid within a Madrid traffic circle.