Places marykiky Wants to Go

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.

The ruins of this Alaska gold mine form a gorgeous ghost town.

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

Surprisingly delicious Asian-style hot dogs.

This church houses the “incorrupt” body of its founding Bishop.

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

This 19th century mansion façade adorned with immigrant patriotism is a symbol of Louisville’s history.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

This small museum is kept in a house that was integral to the genesis of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

Lions and tigers and leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, lynxes, and ocelots... oh my!

Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

The only building in Louisville (hopefully) that contains two ancient holy skeletons.

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

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.