Places bebesummer Wants to Go

The collection is exhibited in a Staten Island building modeled on traditional Himalayan architecture.

A giant scrap metal troll rests his hands on top of a dilapidated building covered in graffiti.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.