Places scarletdraven Wants to Go

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.

These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.

Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

This bizarre English competition answers the important question: how many worms can YOU coax out of the ground?

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

Dozens of musicians have planted trees in this Danish park, and donated songs to go with them.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

In legend, this ancient dolmen was said to have been created when a troll tried to destroy a church.

This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.