Places melissabollman Wants to Go

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

An island graveyard with spectacular views of the Caribbean.

One man's fulfilled dream of living on an artificial island made of recycled plastic bottles.

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

An Englishman loses his scalp to a Cheyenne warrior and lives to donate it to a library.

Haunted dolls, macabre artifacts, and more make up the collection of the “most haunted museum in the world.”

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

A replica of the self-taught naturalist's iconic cabin stands inside a library near his hometown.

No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

An unlikely Transcendental Meditation haven in the American Heartland built around the ancient Vedic principles of balance and harmony.

One of New York's most iconic authors is strangely honored by this Oklahoma park.

This unusual sculpture honors the city's namesake, Octave Chanute, for his pioneering work in early aviation.

This historical marker is all that remains of Octagon City, Kansas, a failed vegetarian utopia.

It's hip to be square in Iola, home of the largest town square in the United States.

Some say that the battle fought at this Kansas site in 1856 was the first unofficial battle of the American Civil War.

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.

How did the front of a supersonic jet make its way to a display case in a Kansas City yard?

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

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

A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.

Artist Scott Hocking took a dilapidated 1890s barn to create his massive "Barnboat."

A proto micro-nation sometimes populated by artists, surrounded on all sides by a Utah most barren.

Almost all that remains of a town dedicated to supporting the First Transcontinental Railroad.