Places Ron1207 Wants to Go

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

A wildlife-filled oasis just off the coast of Myrtle Beach.

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

This tower was once used to create ammunition for early settlers.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

A 25,000-square-foot display with dozens of model trains in intricate miniature worlds.

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

Once a gas station, this flightless airplane beside the Old Dixie Highway now houses a barbershop.

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

A fictional Coupe DeVille built by hand and gifted to the Man in Black himself.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.