Places NightSkye Wants to Go

The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.

A tower-like theater in the Swiss Alps built to withstand the high winds and avalanches of the mountain pass.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

A collection of pianos and more guaranteed to delight anyone interested in music history.

The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

These beautiful objects represent beautiful ideas.

This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.

A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.

This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.

This crumbling 14th century chapel became so unstable the roofing apparently collapsed during a wedding ceremony, narrowly missing the curate's head.

These mechanical goats first battled it out in the year 1551, all because of an overcooked deer.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

This monument to a veteran of the Mexican-American War is one of only two in Manhattan that serve as an actual mausoleum.

Celebrating the end of winter, students gather every year at Lake Superior State University to torch a 12-foot-tall snowman.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.

The remains of a deserted 1800s farming community can be found in Little River State Park.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

The only theatre in the world constructed specifically for sound movement.

The last of its kind in the country.