Places aember Wants to Go

The nude sculpture on this fountain shocked conservative townsfolk when it was first unveiled, but not as much as the dead body found in it decades later.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

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

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

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

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.

House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.