Places a Wild Erik Wants to Go

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

See six states from the newly restored 100-year-old historic roadside attraction.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

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

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for a century.

This childhood throwback has hundreds of arcade games and pinball machines to transport you back in time.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.