Places lifelostsoul Wants to Go

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

Four ionic columns from the Treasury Department building ended up in a park in Nebraska.

This subterranean treasure trove is said to contain a motorcycle, a Chevy, and a teal leisure suit.

The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.

The site of an ancient Mississippian settlement that appears to have flourished during the 10th to 13th centuries.

A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.

An unexpected alley with light shows and nature views.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

A 10-foot-tall concrete Alley Oop statue left over from World War II now stands on the side of the road.

Possibly the smallest church in the world floats in the middle of a pond.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

A home made entirely from scrapped, reclaimed and recycled material in Whitman County, Washington.

Protected from the elements, these Native American rock paintings have survived approximately 250 years.

This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.

This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.