Places Nicole Lee Wants to Go

This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.

This futuristic building is yet another architectural wonder in Dubai.

This living legend of maritime history is enjoying a second life.

Dioramas retell the obscure local legends and ghost stories of Sharjah, from a living palm tree to a headless camel.

Camels and crocodiles share the black waters of this stunning Saharan oasis.

The largest Walmart Supercenter in the United States, referred to affectionately as “Mallmart,” has served the residents of Albany, New York, since 1994.

On a rural farm road in Western Australia, a full-size, electrified police call box with a big surprise inside.

This former iron ore mine comes alive with fascinating stories of its history.

This huge ship ran aground and has simply been left to sit there ever since.

An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.

One car at a time please.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

A memorial dedicated to a traveling circus elephant killed by a lightning strike in 1972.

Halfway up a volcano at the edge of the world’s largest salt flats is a cave with seven mummies.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.

The final resting place of the Hunkpapa Lakota leader Tatanka Iyotaka, commonly known by the English translation Sitting Bull.