Places brendan3133 Wants to Go

Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.

Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.

This abandoned railroad tunnel is now home to a micro-colony of bats and a ghost train.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the stars.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.

A life-size bronze statue of Ettore Boiardi, the man behind the can.

The best revenge is a five-tiered layer cake of a dwelling.

The remnants of a 19th-century ironmaking complex hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

Fans have made a utility pole near where the 90s musician was shot into an ersatz memorial.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

Four miles of pipelines form the model of still-functioning retro-tech efficiency.

Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Lombard Street may be more famous, but this is the real “crookedest street in the world.”

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.