Places kristenoy Wants to Go

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

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

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

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

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

An art instillation for the sake of "raising vibrations."

This futuristic folk sculpture park sits along a peaceful stretch of rural North Carolina roadway.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

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

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

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

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.