Places exploringwithkatie Wants to Go

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

A cozy cafe tells the remarkable story of how one man started with a little red paperclip and wound up with an entire house.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

A rim-made reptile in North Dakota.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

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

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

Tucked behind New Jersey's abandoned Gingerbread Castle lie the eerie ruins of a once-flourishing paper mill.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

The oldest museum in Borneo is a cornucopia of rare taxidermy and human skulls.

Two thousand feline artifacts fill Malaysia's "Cat City."

The Seven Story Pagoda of Sibu.

One of the largest caverns in the world has a maw large enough to stack cathedrals in.

Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.