Places Tharmph Wants to Go

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

A commemoration of over 150 of St. Louis's favorite sons and daughters.

This giant green head remembers one of America's jazz giants.

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

The hall of fame for circus performers.

Ch-Ch-Check out the world's largest hand-painted 3D mural.

This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A self-explanatory attraction allows fans to respectfully remember and honor a comedy legend.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Fans have made a utility pole near where the 90s musician was shot into an ersatz memorial.

A well-preserved example from a 1920s network of airmail navigation arrows sits near Interstate 15 in southern Nevada.

This sign designates the road that leads to the infamous Area 51.