Places chelsb423 Wants to Go

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

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

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

This mountain tram provides stunning views while hanging from a single, steel thread.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

An exquisite grouping of structures made from 10 tons of invasive saplings.

Scale replica of China's ancient terracotta tomb warriors and Forbidden City are the side project of an eccentric millionaire.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

A local museum honors Wheeler native Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon.

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

A collection of vintage liaison aircraft kept in flying condition and on display at an airfield in San Antonio.

The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.

This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.