Places G Pike Wants to Go

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

Eons ago, a rushing lava river formed this pristine passage through solid rock.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

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

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.