Places normalgirl Wants to Go

A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

A man's home is his castle.

In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.

This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

This funky outdoor gallery in Florida is filled with whimsical recycled art installations.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

Memorial built in 1922 in remembrance of WWI casualties.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.