Places Caroline Thrift Wants to Go

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

Stumbling upon this whimsical wooded garden is like stepping into an enchanted forest full of philosophical musings.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

A collection of over 2000 air-moving devices of all kinds displayed in the Fanimation headquarters.

Go through the looking glass in Tokyo's Wonderland-themed shop.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

The discovery site of the "Capitalsaurus," the official dinosaur of Washington, D.C.

There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

A building shaped like the Army Corps of Engineers logo, because why not?

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

The great American road trip, but smaller.

A wacky, UFO-shaped house in a suburban neighborhood.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.