Places genslen Wants to Go

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This traditional garden in the San Fernando Valley doubled for Star Fleet Academy, and is irrigated entirely by wastewater.

The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.

Named after a bandit and the star of several Hollywood prehistoric landscapes, these sandstone formations are a historical part of the Los Angeles natural landscape.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The world's only known button museum.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.