Places alyssajkh Wants to Go

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

An abandoned munitions factory with a shot tower continues to wage war on the surrounding environment.

Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

This two-room factory has been cranking out the musical signifier of zaniness for a century.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

Constructed in the 1920s, this former pencil factory is now an office building.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.

This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

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