Places mlogar Wants to Go

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

A billionaire heiress' menagerie of animals were lovingly laid to rest on the grounds of her former estate.

For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

Contrary to popular belief, this secluded statue doesn't represent Pennsylvania's founder.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

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

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.

This fairy tale-themed amusement park is now abandoned, and childhood metaphors abound.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.