Places G Pike Wants to Go

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

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

This 13th century Orthodox monastery is built right into the Moldovan cliffside.

This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.