Places ashaclarein Wants to Go

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

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

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

The magic's in the hole!

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

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

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.