Places mrcoolantspray Wants to Go

The final resting place of the "father of special effects."

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

Small-town museum dedicated to outer space ... and bicycles.

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

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

A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.

For almost 100 years, this site of peace and spirituality has existed on the California coast.

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

These red marks, seemingly placed at random, are in fact not.

An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

One of the only places where Earth’s mantle lies above water.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.