Places engelhardus Wants to Go

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

A former 19th-century tavern, famous for its peach brandy and honey concoction.

Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

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

The world's longest known cave system.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

This small Arkansas town once had a close encounter with the Beatles, and are determined never to let anyone forget that. Ever.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

A mural in rural Georgia welcomes visitors to a fictional Missouri town.

A provocative museum dedicated to the genre and the harsh realities that inspired its origins.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

A mural of the Virgin of Guadalupe painted on the rock wall by canyon's religious namesake.

A remote sandstone plateau named for a legendary cattle rustler.

A tiny nondenominational church harkens back to the days of the first homesteaders in the region.

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

A prehistoric rock shelter that's literally in someone's backyard.

While comics are the main attraction at this megastore, the second floor plays host to an exhibit fit for a museum.

A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.