Places gdm584 Wants to Go

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

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

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

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.

In DeWitt, New York, a blanket-wrapped gas station makes a creative statement on global dependence on oil.

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

One Brooklyn man's collection of life-size fiberglass statues has taken over his entire yard.

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.