Places deviantdoll Wants to Go

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Erroneously called the world's tallest flagpole, this landmark is devoted to "good neighborliness."

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

The sea once considered an ecological wasteland is now called "crown jewel of avian biodiversity" by scientists.

At this deceptively beautiful beach, nothing is what it seems.

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

A natural dome made of volcanic glass in Inyo National Forest.

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

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

The middle finger of modernity.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.