Places izzyturtle Wants to Go

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

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

Seattle's own bad art museum located inside Cafe Racer.

The one-time watch house for incoming ships at the Golden Gate now stands abandoned and hidden in trees.

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

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

A tunnel once abandoned now thrives with graffiti art as an off-limits makeshift gallery.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The largest drain hole in the world.

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

Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.

Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Trails through lava-carved tube-caves display sparkling bacteria and a rich history.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.