Places dsquareddesign Wants to Go

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

A remarkable lava formation encloses a line of Buddhist statues that can't be accurately counted, according to local mythology.

This western-themed amusement park is host to a large number of decaying animatronic cowboys.

A quaint amusement park now sits, rusting and forgotten among the foliage.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

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

An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

One of the best collections of antique printing machinery in the world.

The world's largest wooden trestle stretches across this desert canyon in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Educational foundation that teaches the powers of fourth dimensional physical properties.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.

Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.

Where the line between entertainment and aerospace blurs.

Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

The liveliest ghost town in the state.