Places ANeon Wants to Go

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

Rusty industrial city full of oxidized distillation towers.

A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.

An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

These artworks take you traveling to mythical medieval Europe, the politicized grape fields of 1960s California, and deep below sea level.

A glittering South Asian anomaly in a wealthy Los Angeles suburb.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.

Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.