Places adamU Wants to Go

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

San Francisco Bay's ghost town.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."