Places Emily Sue Wants to Go

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

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

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

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

The world's longest known cave system.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.