Places maryn Wants to Go

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

Circus cemetery for all the “showmen under God’s big top.”

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

Its incredible collection preserves 170 years of sewing machine history.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.

Built from oil field parts and resembling a teepee, this abandoned mid-century church is hoping for a comeback.

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.