Places melondave2003 Wants to Go

An old church full of restored Catholic statues is a makeup artist's labor of love.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

First planned industrial community in the United States.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.