Places bryanwoerner Wants to Go

On the edge of this small Washington Park, a piece of the Earth's mantle has come to the surface.

Once home to a thriving oil industry, this town now sits eerily abandoned.

Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

Dedicated to "the father of U.S. life insurance."

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

A set of tall pillars and alcove-like rooms that are significant to the Miami people of Indiana.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

The ruins of an 18th-century mansion that was once named "Mistake" by the man who had it built.

A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.

This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

The building features one of the last remaining free-floating spiral grand staircases in the U.S.

This massive metal sculpture in the shape of a folded paper airplane overlooks a Utah mountain.

According to a local legend, this peculiar mountaintop rock formation is actually a demon that was turned into stone.

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

A roadside hotel that you can’t stop at. 

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

A cable-suspension footbridge that hangs high above the Mill River.

An impressive collection of massive radio satellites.

Drive up a paved road into "Nevada's Yosemite" for exquisite views and mountain hiking in an alpine setting.