Places canlarue Wants to Go

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Giant origami sculptures tucked into desert scenery beckon passers-by to explore further.

A Manhattan courthouse hides a small but scathing memorial to Holocaust injustice.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

This labyrinth was designed to help visitors focus and meditate.

An abandoned railroad tunnel forgotten by time awaits inquisitive hikers.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.

In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.

This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

Someone loved this song enough to carve all of its lyrics onto a tree trunk in a Berlin park.

The only ancient site that remains on the south bank of the sacred Ilissos river.

The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.

A quirky collection of figurines backdropped by city views is hidden next to a popular restaurant in the Hollywood hills.