Places goehringkate Wants to Go

This deserted island off the coast of Philadelphia is only visitable a few days every year; once industrialized, it is now an ecological marvel.

The location of the world's first telescope demonstration.

A breathtakingly steep set of stairs is carved directly into the face of the sea cliffs of Bonifacio.

A mini-Stonehenge in the corner of the North Carolina state capitol grounds.

Somber memorial to the May 10, 1933, book-burning which took place on this spot.

This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.

Hundreds of fiberglass structures line the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.

Step back in time at this historic variety store, packed with items from a bygone era.

Cute manhole covers commemorate the hometown of the real-life Ash Ketchum who created Pokémon.

An unusual, funny and fantastic open air museum.

The most magical part of this Latin American and Caribbean art museum is a room covered in beautiful blue tiles from floor to ceiling.

A time capsule from 1934 Rhodesia, showing the grace and disgrace of a bygone era.

A man's curious and seriously small handmade objects from around the world.

The oldest soda fountain in St. Louis has been serving up treats for more than a century.

Before its closure in 2002, this South Dakota mine was the largest and deepest gold mine in Western Hemisphere.

Tucked away in Jacksonville's oldest neighborhood, this museum stands as a repository and celebration of outsider art.

An artistically engineered dam designed to honor the relationship between humankind and nature.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

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

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.