Places smfallone Wants to Go

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

Collection of skeletal systems from the "world's leading supplier of osteological specimens."

Tucked away on an empty wooded lot in suburban Oklahoma City lie the remnants of an abandoned circus camp.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

An immersive art experience built by local arts collaborative, Factory Obscura, in the building formerly known as The Womb, a psychedelic arts center founded by the frontman of the Flaming Lips.

The world's only museum devoted solely to the art and collection of action figures.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

Whimsical artist house in the New Jersey woods.