Places brianjmaxwell Wants to Go

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

A surviving concrete arrow from a 1920s navigational network is preserved right off a modern freeway.

A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.

An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.

A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.

The legendary court where emerging basketball players gain their street cred.

The only fully-realized skyscraper built by the famed American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

This scrap yard doubles as a naive art gallery full of found art and farm animals.

An amazing collection of model trains, collectibles, and artifacts that span the last 100 years.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The national park was once a plantation estate.

This Spokane mansion and the stories within its walls have been brought back to life, thanks to careful restoration.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.