Places Chelgoroth Wants to Go

A monument hidden in the woods built in 1938 as a getaway for a Dutch museum curator.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

The hill that gave the Massachusett tribe, and later the state, its name.

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.