Places Mallory Wants to Go

"I did this all while you were watching TV."

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

This former quarry is now a picturesque gorge that hides a sunken lake.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

South Africa's postal service began with a letter left in a boot beneath this tree.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

A fake town founded by Western movie stars is now becoming a hip desert community.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.