Places JCinSTL Wants to Go

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

This sculpture perfectly models the molecular structure of a drug that was never produced.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

A sculpture of 18 beautiful clay mandalas on display at Warm Mineral Springs in Florida sends a message of world peace.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

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

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This sanguine boulevard was named after a deadly cowboy bar fight.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.