Places ladyleamarie Wants to Go

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Potential high level nuclear waste storage site for the next 10,000 years and beyond.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."

The smallest country in the world.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

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

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

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

An eclectic assortment of medieval architecture in a small Iowa town.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.