Places Aj R Wants to Go

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.

One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.

The wing of this deserted Boeing 737 almost touches the Dunkin' Donuts next door.

A staggering number of rock carvings in an abandoned quarry.

Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.

The "birthplace of insulin," where Sir Frederick Banting realized the hormone could save the lives of Type 1 diabetics.

This building featuring Brutalist architecture has a rich media production history.

It may seem a little out of place in a tiny village, but the inspiring story of its creation made headlines.

Despite being pillaged and destroyed a number over times down the centuries, this historic church still sort of stands.

Lodged in the wall of this driving school is a Zastava 750, one of the region's most popular cars.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.