Places Josierose Wants to Go

Display that gathers the basic elements of the universe in one convenient location.

Both funky and traditional, it's the oldest of its kind in Indiana.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.

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

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.

In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.

A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.