Places bradjiles Wants to Go

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

Secret gardens just a few miles from downtown Atlanta.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.