Places ashleypinnick Wants to Go

A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.

When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.

One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

Hidden in the back of a disused small town hotel is a dive bar shellacked with over a million pennies.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

Machinery left over from California's once thriving mercury industry now attracts artists and explorers.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall, but rather lightning.

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

This famous Nevada gold mine, once a hotbed of Wild West shenanigans, is now open for tours.

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.