Places Kathie Fahey Wants to Go

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.