Places mayalag Wants to Go

This Oakland fairytale kingdom, fiercely devoted to childlike whimsy, was an early inspiration for Disneyland.

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

Superstitious? Discover the witchy side of Mexico through its largest esoteric market.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.

A giant roadside black bird marks the location of this eclectic local mall.

An abandoned 19th-century hospital now swirling in ghost stories.

"Enter and be entertained or annoyed by Dada in Walla Walla."

This offbeat trailer park is home to vintage peddlers, local artists, indie makers, and more.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

Remember that scene in the Matrix, when Neo is in the big white room with all the weapons flying by? Well, this is what it would look like if he had wanted trees instead of guns.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

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