Places er1ca Wants to Go

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.

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

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

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

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

Two hula hoops appeared on the tree after a storm, and the collection kept growing.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.