Places mamallama Wants to Go

A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

An abandoned, unfinished mansion on grounds strewn with lava rocks.

A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

This ultra-modern California span is actually a titanic solar clock in disguise built by famed architect Santiago Calatrava.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

The highest point in Oklahoma used to be a lawless outlaw's paradise.

At Oklahoma Panhandle State University, a plaque marks a place once known as No Man's Land in the linear world and the fictional Kcymaerxthaere as well.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

This historic folk art garden contains a nightmare tower that claims to be the world's largest concrete totem pole.

To honor his gardening wife, this yard artist turns bowling balls into playful, colorful sculptures.

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

The grandson of a Kiowa chief created what has become the iconic symbol of a city on the Plains.