Places Dylan Young Wants to Go

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

The last refinements in the North Carolina-South Carolina boundary were marked with this stone.

The original location of Vollis Simpson’s Whirligigs.

The oldest church building in the state.

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

This teeny-tiny park built by a San Francisco man in 1962 is mostly stairs.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.

One of few remaining marionette theatres in the United States that still conducts regular shows.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.