Places d4recki Wants to Go

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

An underwater city for the dead.

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Rising from the sea like a stone monster.

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

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A Japanese concept restaurant that feels like a party thrown by the monsters in your closet.

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

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

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.