Lookout Mountain, Georgia
Rock City
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
San Francisco, California
Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.
Littlefield, Arizona
An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.
Orchard Park, New York
A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.
Morristown, Tennessee
All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."
Chiefland, Florida
A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.
Turner, Oregon
This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.
Mono County, California
Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.
Stratford, Connecticut
The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Weston, West Virginia
A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.
San Francisco, California
The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
New York, New York
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
Springdale, Utah
The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Port Angeles, Washington
Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Seattle, Washington
A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.