Places hopemch Wants to Go

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

Cherokee alphabet, proof of ancient North American Jews, or just a hoax?

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.

Creaky dinosaurs grow in the backroads of Monmouth County, New Jersey.

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

The humble horn finally finds a place in the sun.

Mystery surrounds a famous marshal of Napoleon's army.

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.