Places escapementality Wants to Go

This abandoned subway station can still be seen on regular commuter trips.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

The art and history of the velvet painting are on full display in this Los Angeles museum.

The biggest pinball arcade in the world has over 600 pinball machines, and 300 arcade machines.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

The "3rd largest" city in California is an empty mirage of suburbia in the middle of nowhere.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.