Places sburke4444 Wants to Go

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.

A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.

The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.

The wreckage of a World War II bomber is hidden high in the Colorado wilderness.

A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.

The famous aviator's final resting place is a study in natural beauty.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

This lovely hilltop tower was specifically built to withstand 100 MPH winds.

The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.

The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the coral reefs off Key Largo.

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.