Places chelsb423 Wants to Go

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

Curious cave that stays a cool 56 degrees all year long.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

This museum explores the lives of Chang and Eng, the "Original Siamese Twins."

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

This historic museum is home to a rare Confederate Chester Gun.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).

Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.