Places Norkey Wants to Go

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

A bizarre example of collective behavior resulted in thousands of shoe prints in Vegas parking lots.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

This sculpture presents commentary on a life in pursuit of profits.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Preserved portions of Athens's ancient defenses are on display in a subterranean parking garage.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

The only ski tunnel in North America provides easy access to amazing snow and beautiful views.

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

Longest canal tunnel in the world, abandoned in the 1960s.

This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.

This folk museum is devoted to small figurines of provincial village life.

A crumbling island fortress that seems to be covered in a field of stone crosses but is simply incomplete.

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

The home of one of California's most important horticulturalists wilts amidst a lovely park.

The world's first disc golf course has the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a neighbor.

Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.

The building is topped by a Statue of Liberty statue whose torch has stayed burning since the museum opened.