Places jdubil Wants to Go

A tangible and sobering reminder of an atrocity that took place during a secret war.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

A creepy tree with a local legend that inspired a nearby theme park ride.

This remote 4,500 year old medicine wheel is one of the last of its kind.

A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

Enormous, fluffy dogs frolic around this museum dedicated to a legendary Saint Bernard.

Woven tree art gives this towering Australian woodland a touch of mystical whimsy.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.

This curiosity shop contains a museum filled with bizarre, unique objects.

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These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

The original place where water met land in the City by the Bay is outlined in brass.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.