Places ambernz Wants to Go

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

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

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

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

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.

After years of slow decline, a derelict Gothic castle is now being restored to life.

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

This tunnel entrance is built to resemble a grand castle but no one is quite sure why.

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.