Places nickyonge Wants to Go

With a floor made of thick glass, this observation deck offers a full view of Sunwapta Valley's mountains and rivers.

Outsider art meets hard scrabble mountain life in this woodcarver's home/art piece.

A colorful hidden village of the fair folk.

A winding stairway to a secluded beach in a residential neighborhood.

An ideal location for plane spotting in British Columbia.

A large spinning bath of liquid mercury, used to probe the early universe.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

This secret collection of the strange and occult was rediscovered in a forgotten room of an old house.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

These strikingly barren, rolling red hills were caused by bad farming practices.

The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.

Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

The steepest classic funicular in the world glides along a dizzying incline.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.