Places chelsb423 Wants to Go

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.

Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

This "preacher's pulpit" once used for pagan ritual, is home to a new, and dangerous ritual.

This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

Walk 2,300 feet above the ground on the "Troll's Tongue."

No longer the only, but definitely the oldest, fountain in Greenland.

In a country where driving from one town to another is literally impossible, this small stretch of gravel is a remarkable feat.

Neither bomb blasts nor heartbeats escape the giant ears of this super sci-fi Arctic outpost.

An experimental forest at the foreground of arboreal science is also the canary in the coal mine for climate change.

This remote research station sits amid the second-largest ice sheet on the planet.