Places SailorAlphaC Wants to Go

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.

At this coffee shop, each drink celebrates African-American history and luminaries.

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

In the Scottish Highlands, this 13th-century castle ruin is hidden at the end of a farm track.

The half-mile long structure is so impressive, it even shows up on satellite images.

A concrete mushroom that divided Stockholm residents for nearly a century.

More than a century old, this cast iron bridge on the Balmoral Estate leads to nowhere.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

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

The ruins of a resort and casino sit on the banks of this blue hole spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of warm, clear water every minute.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.