Places wonderingdove86 Wants to Go

Tombstone of a dog that greeted passengers at the Southern Railway Depot.

The only zoo where you can buy animals that won't need feeding.

The small first-floor apartment where the author wrote her Pulitzer Prize-winning book 'Gone with the Wind.'

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

Now abandoned, the first reinforced concrete bridge in Alabama still stands over the Pea River.

The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

One of the largest private collections of cars manufactured by the short-lived Franklin Automobile Company.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

Barely visible foundations remain where Stow Lake’s “observatory” once welcomed visitors.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.

A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.