Places James Gage Wants to Go

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

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

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the coral reefs off Key Largo.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

Off of the Crawfordville Highway in Florida, nature is taking back this decrepit row of Ford trucks.

This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

A failed, un-built suburb that has been going feral for decades.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.