Places ttmurphytt Wants to Go

A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.

A short but powerful waterfall resides amid Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

In this Florida couple's cottage, nearly every surface—inside and out—is covered in mosaic artwork.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

Small French town or alien garage?

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

This tiny cottage surrounded by railroads is the oldest surviving structure in Fairmount Park.

Designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1893, this Gothic-style castle is now a home for academics.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

A former milk-delivery driver and his wife turn their home into a glimmering mosaic.

This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.

The Jesus tree of Malta bears a striking resemblance to Christ on the cross.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.