Places afink Wants to Go

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

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

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, but has never been to New York.

Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

The remnants of the base where US Army troops learned how to fight in extreme conditions.

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

This was once the home of Gahan's Saloon, Denver's most storied speakeasy.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

A seven-story 1920s mausoleum outside Denver houses thousands of remains.

A prehistoric rock shelter that's literally in someone's backyard.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.