Places heidicgobble Wants to Go

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

Sway your way across Virginia’s longest river on a rickety wooden bridge.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

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

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

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

A lover's walk between hilltop towns, decorated with graffiti love notes.

This onetime gambler’s den was turned into a destination restaurant, reachable only by boat.