Places omonwheels Wants to Go

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

These unique rock formations were created during the Ice Age.

An industrial waste tourist attraction.

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

The first musical instrument of its kind to be built in the United States—and the world’s tallest.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

Tampa’s most famous native royal comes alive in a duo of arresting bronze statues.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Every Sunday for the last 30 years, this Buddhist temple has hosted a market with food and Thai goods.

Since World War II people have been decorating this stretch of the Yuma desert with signatures arranged out of rocks.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

Rumor had it that these concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland helped align spy satellites. (They didn’t.)

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.

Known as the most resilient water tower in the region.

This outdoor mural is one stop on a walking trail that weaves art and history together to tell a tale of local history.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

A sculpture of 18 beautiful clay mandalas on display at Warm Mineral Springs in Florida sends a message of world peace.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.