Places lunarassault Wants to Go

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

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

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

A Norman-style castle, 1850s Irish cottage, and cultural center in the heart of Phoenix.

Ancient volcanic activity made this into an exciting rockhounding site.

This nearly 200-foot tall limestone stack offers visitors amazing views and a chance to meet Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox.

Dominican sushi rolls, served by “the Ninja” himself.

A hidden yellow shack full of made-to-order Puerto Rican delights.

Where friendly staff pair your cigar with coffee and pan con lechon.

Dominican cuisine like your grandma made it—but with teriyaki glazes and hand-rolled cigars.

The whole world is cooking in one Kissimmee parking lot.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.