Places empace Wants to Go

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.

An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

The farming museum contains an extensive taxidermy collection, including the world's largest stuffed horse.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.

Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

Dozens of whimsical bear statues "hibernate" here during the winter months.

These natural hot springs form four-tiered soaking pools with temperatures ranging from 85 to 115 degrees Fahrenheit.

Definitely not a clown bar.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A diorama lover's dream world.

A small town market proudly displays numerous taxidermied animals along its walls.

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

A whimsical menagerie of devils, krampuses, satyrs, and other horned creatures.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

A beloved carnival gets a modern makeover in Los Angeles.