Places escapementality Wants to Go

Step into the cool deep past and unknown future of who begat who.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

This abandoned motel doesn't welcome guests anymore, but decay and a creepy atmosphere still call it home.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

These machines have been collecting dust for decades.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

The end of times arrives, at least for the fish in the O.C. Fisher Reservoir.

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

A modern zoetrope on the New York City subway.

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.