Places megantheforce Wants to Go

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

The highest point in Texas is capped by a big silver pyramid.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

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.

This refurbished gas station is one of the oldest in Texas, located on the original Route 66.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

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

A time-capsule monument reminding future generations of the importance of efficient and effective use of natural resources.

These half-buried combine harvesters just off Route 66 are an homage to the Cadillac Ranch.

In northeastern Poland, the ruins of a massive granary overlook the Narew River.

A somber memorial honors the hundreds of thousands of lives lost at this labor and extermination camp.

These 18th-century paintings of Warsaw were used to reconstruct the city after World War II.

An abandoned Jewish sanatorium is tucked within the woods of Poland.

A tiny town’s tiny museum with some gigantic residents.

Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.

Home to a seasonal waterfall and swimming hole in the Ouachita Mountains.

The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

The crumbling remains of a gold mine that was operational in the 1930s.

A steeple that now houses a small church.