Places mfayesimon Wants to Go

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

A mine in the Sierra Nevada that produced nothing but barren quartz.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.

This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.

A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

A home decorated by its owner with eye-catching and captivating assemblages of found objects

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.