Places inthenavey Wants to Go

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

The birthplace of Appalachia's only first lady, who some have dubbed the United States' "first female president."

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

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

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

The city of Palestrina was built around this magnificent terraced sanctuary dedicated to the pagan goddess Fortuna.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.