Places mdesilva Wants to Go

These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

Death comes to anyone who dares to touch this concrete column.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.