Places marindabuchanan Wants to Go

The finest example of Gothic Queen Anne Architecture in the U.S. was built out of rivalry and spite.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

Stroll around the headstones of notable figures from Knoxville's history, as well as towering monoliths and melancholic headstones.

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

Native builders raised these mounds centuries ago, before local families turned one into a cemetery.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

The only place in the world where the general public can walk aboard an authentic offshore drilling rig.

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.

This tombstone marks the final resting place of the beloved 1990's character, Ernest P. Worrell.

This museum of miniature displays provides a journey through early American history.

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

This massive cave is a sight to behold.

In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.