Places scottjung Wants to Go

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.