Places Kitschy Travels Wants to Go

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

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

This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

Artisans have been gathering in North Carolina since 1989 to show off whimsical takes on an everyday item.

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

A research lab and hands-on museum where visitors can experiment with retro technology.

The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

This popular pilgrimage site offers a hole filled with holy healing dirt.

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

These ruins of a pre-Columbian cliff village are among the most beautiful and well preserved in New Mexico.