Places bryanwoerner Wants to Go

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.

This towering volcanic plug stands out among the dramatic formations that dot this otherworldly desert valley.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

The unique collection often goes unnoticed by visitors focused only on the archaeological objects.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.