Places madisonc1094 Wants to Go

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

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

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

Paranormal activity on the great lakes.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.

This is one really big nut.

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

Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

This work of engineering is imbued with elegance and ingeniousness.