Places Charles WV Wants to Go

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

Like Mars, but much closer.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

A man's home is his castle.

An abandoned railroad tunnel forgotten by time awaits inquisitive hikers.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

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

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

HFH's slum simulation is either a noble recreation of poverty or a cringeworthy attempt at same.

The ruins of a resort and casino sit on the banks of this blue hole spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of warm, clear water every minute.

Dedicated to the "King of Soul."

The site where Confederate president Jefferson Davis was defeated has been marked with a bust... that leaves that part out.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

An abandoned munitions storage facility with a rich architectural history.