Places karin66204 Wants to Go

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

A statue honors the local legend that the devil helped build St. Mary's church after being tricked into thinking it was going to be a wine bar.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

Two men, two visionaries of Venice Beach, one little hotel that smells like cookies.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.

One of the most powerful computers in the world can be visited by anyone who wants to experience more computing than they can handle.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

This ostentatious Italianate palace of an Oklahoma billionaire is filled with several themed mini-museums.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

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

An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

An unlikely Transcendental Meditation haven in the American Heartland built around the ancient Vedic principles of balance and harmony.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

A lifetime's accumulation of bric-a-brac and kitsch.

A college in rural Kansas founded to prepare the country for an impending World War III.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.