Places escapechaos Wants to Go

A unique cartoon-filled roadside attraction.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

This little blue house pokes out over the campus of UC San Diego, seven stories high.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

Whimsical cartoon cars suspended on posts soar over an automotive shop.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

It's big, it's a ball, and it's made of twine—the world's largest of its kind.

This vivid painted ceramic sculpture evokes the expansiveness of the prairie sky.

Salina's eye-catching giant mural depicting children at play is painted atop a century-old mill elevator.

Seth Bullock, the sheriff of Deadwood, built this town immediately after Teddy Roosevelt’s death in 1919.

Before its closure in 2002, this South Dakota mine was the largest and deepest gold mine in Western Hemisphere.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

This towering wooden Sasquatch was carved with a chainsaw.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.