Places EricaInCA Wants to Go

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The "Seinfeld" diner.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.

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

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

An underwater city for the dead.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

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

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.