Places TheMarmoset Wants to Go

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

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

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

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

This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.