Places Nicole Lee Wants to Go

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

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.

Twenty-year effort to raise a castle using tools and techniques from the 13th century is now abandoned in the Arkansas woods.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

These waterfalls can be twins or triplets, depending on how much it's rained recently.

The highest waterfall between the Rockies and the Appalachian Mountains.

This impressive ledge seems to float above the Upper Buffalo Wilderness.

In the Ozarks, a waterfall shoots out from a glorious hole.

There are no bodies inside these stone coffins. And there never were.

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

Giant papier mache hog sits on private property.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

These springs were once the source of a tourism boom to Sulphur Springs.

A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.

Learn all about this iconic air rifle without putting an eye out.

This mill has survived a tumultuous past to still produce flour and cornmeal.