Places Gamereg Wants to Go

Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.

The hidden offices underneath Memorial Bridge have been locked up since 1976.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.

A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.

The London statue that imitates passersby.

Where the first "expert riders, willing to risk death daily" for the Pony Express were recruited.

This tiny island protects a number of rare bird species by only allowing visitors to set foot on the beach.

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

A library of only unpublished manuscripts.

This Victorian marvel of engineering and artistic prowess is nicknamed the "Cathedral of Steam."

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.

The spot where the namesake of the Douglas fir met his mysterious end on a Hawaiian volcano.

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

On top of Gibbet Hill lie the ruins of a lavish turn-of-the-century estate that never quite came to be.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

A statue of the original Pearly King is hidden in a church's crypt.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground