Places Lampyridae Wants to Go

A massive collection of rare and antique books in a tiny ranching community in northern Texas.

This former Texas landfill is flush with 300 million-year-old fossils, all fit for the taking.

A Texas-sized particle collider that was abandoned due to its Texas-sized budget.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

Fall through a crack in the seams of reality at this immersive art installation.

A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

On a wall in Cleveland, Ohio find the story of a highly connected fictional community of organisms that created remarkable, lasting structures.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.