Places 13rac1 Wants to Go

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

The Wonder Road aka Doobie Lane, a mile-long strip of dirt road filled with folk art.

Thousands of rusting train cars have been slowly falling apart on the edge of Greece's second largest city.

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

The dramatic upward-curving roof is one of the most iconic examples of Googie architecture that still stands today.

A tribute to the movie stars who fought to keep Beverly Hills separate from Los Angeles.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.