Places G Pike Wants to Go

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

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

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

An underwater city for the dead.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.