Places happyhippieellie Wants to Go

A brothel nestled amongst ghost towns, with an abandoned plane wreck to greet you.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

Inside this community-run museum, visitors are treated to the history of toys and games.

The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

For over a century, it was a crucial center of mental health treatment and also the source of many local legends.

Locals believe this abandoned ruin on the outskirts of Bucharest is haunted.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.

This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.

Inat Kuća, or "House of Spite," is more than just an oddly named restaurant.

This ironic war memorial thumbs its nose at a campaign of inedible humanitarian aid food products.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.

The fanciest public restroom in New York City boasts fresh flowers, art, and a classical music soundtrack.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.