Places whitneyohara Wants to Go

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

One believer transformed a local curiosity into proof of Vikings on the Great Plains.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.

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

More than five miles of underground passageways.

In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

This historic bridge has weathered fires and floods and still stands, now abandoned, where it has stood since 1874.

A wild trout fishery in Arkansas.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.