Places caitlinschneider Wants to Go

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

This observatory comes complete with three separate telescopes and a dedicated community of amateur and expert astronomers.

There is an art, a science, and certainly a responsibility to occupying the Big Red Chair, and this is where it's learned.

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

The abandoned husk of a mental institution that failed to save a Jazz Age icon still sits nearly unchanged.

Records of the dead describe the myriad odd ways people used to die.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.