Places cwanbebby Wants to Go

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

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

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

The magic's in the hole!

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."