Places smolsprinkles Wants to Go

A remnant of the last Ice Age, this lake is surrounded by fascinating rock formations.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.

Picturesque and haunting, these 160-year-old stone ruins on top of a bluff are the only remains of a settler's legacy.

A tiny 1857 chapel sits on top of a secluded, forested hill.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

Three playfully immersive mini golf courses let you travel alongside your ball to the cup at this facility, which has been around since the 1950s.

Prolific outsider artist Sid Boyum's concrete sculptures add whimsy to Madison's Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

This collection features more than 240 antiquarian maps from around the world, in addition to historical views and plates focusing on North Florida.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

A visionary oral narration project brought new life to Jonesborough.

A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.

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

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.