Places grimbasement Wants to Go

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

A big museum full of little worlds.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

One of the only known surviving coconut palm trees in the entire state.

Hiding amid the largest camellia collection in the country lies a charming children's maze, donated by a secret admirer.

This historic aviation building is now a museum owned and operated by Disney.

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

Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.