Places Michael Glass Wants to Go

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

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

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

This dry lake bed was once an emergency landing strip for military and experimental aircraft.

Two well-preserved charcoal kilns survive in a remote part of eastern Nevada.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

A spectacular slot canyon at the northern edge of Lake Mead National Recreation Area.

How a bat poo mine became a major Native American archaeological site—and connections to legendary red-haired giants.

Under the right conditions, rocks will move across this dry lakebed, leaving trails behind them.

A unique collection of drawings that represent Fremont Native American culture.