Places Joe Wants to Go

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.

A mysterious crater-like pond has a spooky tendency to empty and fill with complete disregard to rainfall patterns.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

A nun spent 16 years painting the stunning Celtic mural that covers the interior of this WWI memorial.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

Once the site of a 12-century monastery, this tiny island is now home to only five permanent residents.

The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.

These pillars at the main entrance of this church are actually a hidden musical instrument.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.

This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.

A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

This mysterious twin turboprop Grumman G-159 covered in graffiti has spent a decade and a half abandoned.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?