Places emerem Wants to Go

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

This collector's home is a constant work in progress.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.