Places phildzielski Wants to Go

A man's home is his castle.

Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

A white oak with property rights.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Easter in Westminster may be the only time and place to behold Edgar Allen Poe made entirely of Marshmallow Peeps.

The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.