Places wintermuteway Wants to Go

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.

A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

DIY collection of eclectic holdings.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

As state highpoints go, this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

A private museum dedicated to preserving the heritage of Mardi Gras' most beloved underdog parades, open by appointment.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.