Places aswope1995 Wants to Go

It might not be as impossible to reach as its name would imply, but just about.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.

A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.

A stone plaque and a winking pub name are all that remain to remember the victims of deadly 1836 avalanche.

The depictions of slaughter are surprisingly detailed at this mysterious ancient site.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.

This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

The grand marquee of this abandoned Hawaiian theater remembers the building's elegant past.

This seaworthy collection was sparked by one man's passion for sailing.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

This Hungarian stilt village is built in a lake that never freezes over due to the power plant that that uses it as a cooling pond.

The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.

New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.

The entire known universe of the ancient Etruscans is held inside this bronze model of a sheep’s liver.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

This late-brutalist masterpiece everyone forgot about was originally created to get the proletariat jazzed about the arts.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

For hundreds of years, participants in this Japanese festival have been making babies cry to ward off demons.