Places wintermuteway Wants to Go

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.

A collection of vintage liaison aircraft kept in flying condition and on display at an airfield in San Antonio.

The oldest active mini golf course in the U.S. has an elegant Art Deco style filled with lush tropical plants.

The only nuclear weapon assembly and disassembly plant in the U.S.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.

The 19th-century ruins hide deep in an overgrown forest.

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

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

Check out engineering marvels of the past at this unintentionally retrofuturist museum.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

This ancient Hindu temple is covered in thousands of colorful statues and has a long mythological history.

An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.