Places marissaweekend Wants to Go

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

A faux European lane smack dab in downtown L.A.

An essential stop before plundering, BYO Cutlass.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Sister store to the Echo Park Time Travel Store.

A reproduction of earth's many biomes.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

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

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.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.

Private collection of art inspired by cabinets of curiosity.

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

The magic's in the hole!

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.