Places shivalilaa Wants to Go

The ruins of a creative scholar's fantastical unfinished sanctuary act as his massive gravestone.

This 15-foot former Johnny Appleseed has given up his apples for donuts and coffee.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

This small cemetery is all that remains of Atlanta's first Black communities.

3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.

A provocative museum dedicated to the genre and the harsh realities that inspired its origins.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

HFH's slum simulation is either a noble recreation of poverty or a cringeworthy attempt at same.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.