Places crystals Wants to Go

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

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

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.