Places queensissy Wants to Go

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

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

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

This frozen tunnel in central Alaska is both an engineering feat and a valuable climate classroom.

While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.

Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

An underwater city for the dead.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

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

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.