Places joydry Wants to Go

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.

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

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

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

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of South Carolina.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.