Places MeanderingMind Wants to Go

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

London's largest outsider art museum.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

If your school was decorated with trippy graffiti, served ambrosial coffee, and was frequented by mimes, it might have been similar to this groovy cafe.