Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

A private home built to resemble the shape of a microscopic creature.

Celebrating the transformation of trash into objects of beauty.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

This stunning sea creature-shaped home blends into the landscape like a fantasy villa.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.