Places greasekitten Wants to Go

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.

An underwater city for the dead.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.