Places inesgmartins Wants to Go

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

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

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

Giant kites are flown during this Day of the Dead celebration in Guatemala.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

Volcanically heated hot springs.

Some 4,000 individual tiles make up this striking blue billboard from the golden age of air travel.

Panoramic views from the mountains over a facility built to provide tuberculosis patients with fresh mountain air.

This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.