Places kristincerri Wants to Go

This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.

Like Stonehenge, but with boats and oodles more charm.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

A big museum full of little worlds.

This small, rural pioneer cemetery is full of interesting grave markers.

A forensic lab dedicated to fighting crimes against wildlife.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

The only pig museum in the U.S. holds one of the world's largest collections of pig items.

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

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

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.