Places wintermuteway Wants to Go

Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.

Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

The ruins of a 19th-century mill are hidden along a greenway in a prominent Charlotte neighborhood.

This peaceful open space below Geneva's famous cathedral is full of art and history.

A local Thai artist started building this gallery in 1980.

Home to secret lakes and hidden temples.

Enormous photography collection housed in a study center co-founded by Ansel Adams.

This work of folk art was produced by Gregory Warmack but the artifacts cemented in place are communal.

Northern Virginia’s iconic Vietnamese shopping center.

This archaeological dig site and museum is home to one of the largest dinosaur fossil collections in the world.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

If Myrtle Beach is the mini golf capital of the world, this is its crowning glory.

A haunting—but not haunted—chapel remains in the woods.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

One of the largest open-pit copper mining operations in the entire country.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

The lobby of this hotel near the U.S.-Mexico border features a stained-glass mural that measures 42 feet long and 6 feet tall.

Dozens of elaborate works of automotive art have been preserved at this Arizona museum.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

Step back in time at this immersive historical village.

A wonderful world of rare fruits and flowering trees grows in a small botanical park in Bradenton.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

This abandoned prison is now a museum chronicling the oppression of political prisoners in the not-so-distant past.