Places SamWandersEarth Wants to Go

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

This 1930s log cabin began as a taxidermy museum but is now a popular country music venue.

This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

Collection of vintage trailers double as hotel rooms.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

A herd of plastic cows hangs out under this transmission tower in rural Georgia.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

World's largest college campus includes a wildlife sanctuary and a former movie set on more than 28,000 acres.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

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

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.

The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.