Places Sonj Wants to Go

Along the banks of the River Rhine lies a park that seems unassuming, but beneath the surface lies a long and fascinating history.

This calm grassy field was once a Superfund site full of thousands of nasty chemicals.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

Kentucky's longest operating jail is now a spooky spot to spend the night.

The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

A museum to a cave explorer whose tragic death was a media sensation, and whose corpse became a tourist attraction.

Visitors to this Kentucky homestead turned museum are immediately transported back to the Antebellum south.

A former 19th-century tavern, famous for its peach brandy and honey concoction.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

Moonbows over Kentucky.