Places Ir0nBeard Wants to Go

Named for the 39 tribes that live in Oklahoma, this restaurant's menu deliciously highlights local flavors.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.

An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

The crumbling ruins of this southern American fort have survived storms, war, and cults.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

This Mississippi seminary was the first in America to train Black Catholic priests.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

Believed to be the oldest active college baseball field in America.

Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models.

Founded by a man who called himself the greatest hunter alive.

Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.