Places escapementality Wants to Go

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

From scholastic to sepulchral - now under reconstruction.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

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

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

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

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.