Places hapichapi Wants to Go

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

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

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

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

Rainbow-hued local gem in Venice.

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

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

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

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

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.