Places hbboutte Wants to Go

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.

A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.

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

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

This tombstone marks the final resting place of the beloved 1990's character, Ernest P. Worrell.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

The world's longest known cave system.

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

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

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.