Places rccoffman23 Wants to Go

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

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

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.