Places aswope1995 Wants to Go

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

Where animatronic singing fish go to retire.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

Town not known for anything except its strange name.

Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

The rusting hulk of a hand-powered, nearly 160-year-old submarine abandoned in 1869 due to the ravages of decompression sickness.

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

This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.

The oldest steel ship in Iceland has been beached for years and is now a rusting ruin.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

This series of rope-style bridges brings visitors into a jungle layer that is usually reserved for birds and monkeys.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

This stream-carved gorge has inspired poets, hidden smugglers, and trained soldiers, all without losing its beauty.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

A unique collection of Soviet military artifacts lies hidden away in a disused train, in the unrecognized Eastern European republic of Transnistria.

"You don't need a rocket scientist to build a steam engine, but we've got one." -Museum docent on the credentials of a restoration volunteer.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.

Their motto is, "We've been bonkers for hats even longer than you have!"