Places wlongson23 Wants to Go

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

A Christian-themed amusement park and complex rocked by scandals.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

This historic museum is home to a rare Confederate Chester Gun.

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

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

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

Discovered by a soldier during the Revolutionary War, these springs helped create an iconic South Carolina ginger ale.

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

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

See the computer’s history revealed over the course of 20,000 years.

Touch an actual dinosaur bone at this eclectic trove of Rocky Mountain treasures.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.