Places kitschykitten1 Wants to Go

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.