Places calversion13 Wants to Go

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

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

New York's oldest magic store.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Visitors to this arboretum are greeted by three smiling giants crafted from sustainable materials.

This small museum is kept in a house that was integral to the genesis of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

Tucked behind New Jersey's abandoned Gingerbread Castle lie the eerie ruins of a once-flourishing paper mill.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.