Places thisvanlifeofmine Wants to Go

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

A half-acre utopia in the New Mexico desert features a graveyard, a game of horseshoes, a library, and a mailbox.

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

This roadside attraction in the woods of Mississippi is a scalable replica of the Holy Lands during biblical times.

A mural in rural Georgia welcomes visitors to a fictional Missouri town.

A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?