Places Michael K Wants to Go

Inspiration struck on this seat outside the Griffith Park merry-go-round.

Allegedly haunted by Walt Disney himself, this inconspicuous lamp is always kept lit in his honor.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Most of this “research national monument” still lies buried beneath the earth.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

One of the world's oldest continually operating bookstores.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

A tribute to Charles M. Schulz, who created the iconic cartoon that features Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and more.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

Remember and reflect at this 9/11 memorial site.

This wooden troll marks the starting point for Detroit Lakes' troll scavenger hunt.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.