Places tsshrooms Wants to Go

A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

A statue in the Texas town that proudly calls itself the killer bee capital of the world.

Human remains in varying states of decay are strewn about this Texas State facility for scientific study.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

The final resting place of an outlaw, whose legend grew after death.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

These ruins are all that remain of what a Spanish barrack that likely housed a quarry overseer, masons, and stone cutters involved in the construction of the Castillo de San Marco.

This aluminum airplane pays homage to the Flying Tigers of World War II.

This general store is stocked with memorabilia from the 1930s onward—almost none of it for sale.

What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.

This mass grave for victims of a massive hurricane remained hidden until 1991.

Ruins of an old sugar mill sitting quietly next to a park in rural Florida.

Dedicated to the victims of one of the deadliest hurricanes to strike the United States in recorded history.

Part of a highway network meant to connect Miami to Montreal, this 10-mile stretch of road made from red bricks is still around 100 years later.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

Built to replace a house destroyed by a hurricane, this home is made entirely of shipping containers.