Places gherardini Wants to Go

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.

A giant milk bottle from the 1930s beckons drivers to this diner.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

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

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

An important piece of history from mankind's journey to the moon sits in the lobby of a government science lab.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.

The quiet resting place of a rock and roll legend.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

This fountain tucked away in a park is the focal point of the only "Green Basilica" in Germany.

Deep in the forest next to Augsburg are abandoned bunkers and bullet traps from the region's military past.

A lakeside footbridge that records Nobel Prize laureates' names in metal silhouette.

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

A beautiful gorge filled with streams and waterfalls.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

This splendid tomb may look fantastic, but there's nothing in it...