Places Antahny Wants to Go

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

Manhattan's lighthouse, erected at the insistence of the unsinkable Molly Brown.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.

Long the exclusive domain of birds and vagabonds, this little-known Central Park peninsula is open to the public once more.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

This empty Victorian manse on Staten Island is said to be haunted but is actually a real life crime scene.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.