Places bradjiles Wants to Go

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

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

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.

A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."

A strangely angled West Village home is the only monument to an explosion that took the lives of three American revolutionaries.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

A clear example of the process of erosion in action.