Places jaimemorosky Wants to Go

An ode to this small town's big film history.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

Antiques and recycled art surround this cabin designed to resemble a 19th-century schoolhouse.

A nine-hole golf course in Pennsylvania hasn't charged a greens fee since its founding in 1914.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

The site of the first battle of World War II.

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

A natural spring situated on the grounds of the Hawthorne estate.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

A famous—but endangered—plant is on view at an unassuming nature preserve a quick drive from Myrtle Beach.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

A granite monument honors a beloved World War II canine mascot.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.