Places awfulcat Wants to Go

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

The "largest bathroom stall in the world" offers a unique pit-stop experience.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

Built in 1906, this unique building was the first Hindu temple in the United States.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

These tiny cabins on a cableway have been carrying visitors at a Baltic resort down to the beach since 1912.

The formidable fowl can be found standing near an isolated hiking path.

A quirky museum paying tribute to the history of the optical industry.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.