Places jeffprahl Wants to Go

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

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

The world's smallest drawbridge.

A surprisingly beautiful abandoned World War II military base in East Greenland.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

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