Places bitsing Wants to Go

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Architectural elements and building materials for this house were transported from Salisbury, England.

A single artist is behind these large-scale models made of hundreds of thousands of two-inch wooden matchsticks.

A man used his Civil War-era fortune to build this sanctuary in memory of his wife.

This relic of 19th-century infrastructure is one of the few remaining coal gas storage tanks in the U.S.

This stained glass window designed by Tiffany Studios is hidden behind the circulation desk of a public library.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

See a full-scale whale skeleton and experience the captivating culture of Alaska’s Native people at this heritage center in east Anchorage.

This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

One of Los Angeles's first murals once vibrantly depicted the dangers of United States imperialism.

Inside this library, the history of Los Angeles is retold through a mural.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

The beautiful 1920 Pantages Theatre remains hidden just underneath the LA Downtown Jewelry Exchange.

A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

This elaborately-carved white marble fountain was built to stand outside the Detroit Opera House.

Over a thousand feet beneath the Detroit streets is a subterranean metropolis few are allowed to enter.

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.

This historic Jewish cemetery sits right in the heart of a Detroit car factory.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.