Places ERuler39 Wants to Go

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

The first space rock known to have struck a human.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

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

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.

The last intact steam engine factory in the United States.