Places thisvanlifeofmine Wants to Go

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.

This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.

This is one really big nut.

This Texas windmill field celebrates the power and majesty of the very winds that blow.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

The final resting place of an esteemed bear hunter and formerly enslaved man who led Theodore Roosevelt on a hunting trip that inspired the creation of the teddy bear.

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

This 1950s-era nostalgic roadside New Mexico attraction consists of a quirky curio store and museum embedded into the face of a cave.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

A fictional Coupe DeVille built by hand and gifted to the Man in Black himself.

This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.

An enormous, interactive museum with star-studded exhibits is surprisingly found deep in the Mississippi Delta.

Local legend says that someone is buried in the trunk.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

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

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.

These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.

Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.