Places birresus Wants to Go

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The last of its kind in the country.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

Ancient human, animal, and geometric figures drawn in the earth.

A science teacher's dream.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

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

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.