Places julialalexander Wants to Go

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

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

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

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

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.