Places GrowAnOak Wants to Go

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie was a good dog.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The house and graveyard used in the Stephen King spine-chiller.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

Working compound meant to allow visitors to reclaim the values and traditions of the past.

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

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

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

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

A chessmaster's dream destination.

This is not your typical jungle gym.