Places G Pike Wants to Go

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

New York's oldest magic store.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.