Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

A peaceful place in the woods where everything is a work in progress.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.

Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

An abandoned early-20th-century boomtown sits within the Calico Rock city limits.

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.

New Plymouth, Idaho is the only U-shaped town in the United States.

Birdhouses, peacocks, animal sculptures, and a graveyard are all found along this eclectic nature trail.