Places aswope1995 Wants to Go

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

Erosion and time have created a naturally-formed water park.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

Experience the life of an 1800's lumberjack at this interactive museum that is only accessible by railroad.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

"Where the ducks walk on fish."

This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

The ruined remains of an early hydroelectric dam.

The world's largest rotating world.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Right angles in the forests of Panama.

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

Costa Rican accommodation resembles a crash site, but with a nice balcony.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.