Places Maggie Mason Wants to Go

This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

The World's Largest Bull.

A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

The world’s largest truck stop includes a barber shop, chiropractor, and a huge museum with antique trucks.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

The massive, incredibly rare instrument is over 11 feet tall with a range so deep it goes lower than humans can hear.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

A small town built on an abandoned airfield has former runways as streets and a bar and grill in an old airplane hangar.

The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.