Places MichaelD Wants to Go

America's first public mental health facility.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A fake 1930s-euro-style hotel with an indoor mini golf course.

When beetles destroyed these trees, they found new life as fantasy sculptures.

This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.

On the shores of Lake Kalamazoo, a plaque marks a fictional event where an island nation ran aground.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

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

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

This extensive nuclear fallout shelter built from 42 school buses could house 500 people in its tunnels.

This Haudenosaunee restaurant is a delicious tribute to indigenous cuisine.

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

The Painted Ladies of Ontario aren’t your average beach homes.

Canada's oldest sugar maple has been growing since around 1500.

Legend says that this short Canadian tunnel still holds the dying screams of a girl who burned alive.

The final resting place of Gary Gygax; co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons.

Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.