Places cait7911 Wants to Go

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

Travelers exchange letters with woodland creatures at this mini post office.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.