Places emiliejayne Wants to Go

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.