Places ImGolden Wants to Go

Meant to be one of the most extravagant hotels in the world, now an eerie, abandoned architectural gem in Mexico City.

Visiting this cacophonous collection of vintage novelties is like stepping into the mind of a crazed toymaker.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.

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

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

The hundreds of movies and television shows shot in this high desert town are commemorated in a unique museum.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.

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

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

A three-story copper skybridge connects two Manhattan buildings with Art Deco luxury.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.