Places toothbat Wants to Go

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

Don't blink or you'll miss it.

An urban laboratory.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

The only house built with a turret, crenellations, and a moat in Palmer, Alaska.

This Alaska library may be the only one in the country that allows you to check out pieces of taxidermy.

A sarcastic monument threatens to curse any "idiot" who dares remove it.

Open day and night, a church with three pews and Bibles.

A tiny wilderness cemetery commemorates the deadliest episode of the Klondike Gold Rush.

America's smallest "national forest" has only 33 trees.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.