Places melissabollman Wants to Go

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

From a canyon-like gorge, more than 20 million gallons of water emerge every day, while a smaller spring drips down, creating the illusion of an endless, gentle waterfall.

The warmest cave in the Ozarks features two seemingly bottomless lakes.

This mountaintop refuge rehabilitates tigers, lions, bears, and more from illicit wildlife trade—and offers overnight lodging.

The largest spring in Northwest Arkansas is also home to a sprawling botanical gardens and a historically significant bluff.

Sometimes called the “Little Golden Gate," this bright yellow structure is the last driveable suspension bridge in Arkansas.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

This restaurant serves wood-fired fare served in a natural cave with a live spring.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

This tiny tropical village was sick of anonymity so the locals made this sign, which actually changed the name of the town.

This living labyrinth made entirely of thorns is filled with art.

Like something out of a pulp adventure, this abandoned plane wreck is slowly being retaken by the Caribbean jungle.

A full-scale sculpture of a mermaid and baby grand piano hidden underwater by David Copperfield.

In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.

Inhospitable caverns just beneath this island paradise offer insights into alien worlds.

Bermuda triangle lighthouse, site of mysterious disappearances, left to crumble into the Atlantic.

One man's love of sea life and art has turned his home into a temple of outsider island art.

An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.