Places kdigges918 Wants to Go

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

This curious headstone is labeled simply as "The Queen."

This calm grassy field was once a Superfund site full of thousands of nasty chemicals.

Step past the gas pumps and into a fine French bistro.

A full-scale replica of a 1774 colonial settlement in Kentucky.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.

This local museum documents centuries of history along the Mississippi, from mound builders to massive quakes.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

Waterfalls, rapids, and top-notch swimming spots await in this densely forested corner of the Smokies.

Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.

Patrick Dougherty's fantastic living tree sculptures, mind-blowing but temporary.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

This museum of miniature displays provides a journey through early American history.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

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

On land once deemed “valueless,” a multipurpose community garden proves the potential of urban farming.

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

Supplies are schlepped up by llamas at this century-old inn, accessible only by hiking trails in the Great Smokies.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.