Places greasekitten Wants to Go

The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

This ultra-modern home clings to the slope of the Hollywood Hills on a precarious stilt.

First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.