Places Liskaliska Wants to Go

The original location of Vollis Simpson’s Whirligigs.

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

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

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

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

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

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

A unique Soviet mosaic preserved on the facade of a shoe factory in Lviv.

This cheeky restaurant has a serious devotion to lard sculptures.