Places ouroborosasunder Wants to Go

Thousands of acres of beautiful wild landscape in the Great Basin.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

Preserving the remains of Native American cultures which otherwise would have been submerged behind Hoover Dam.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

This Jewish bakery, among the last in the region, sells legendary sweets from a century-old storefront.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

In her ancestral home, one chef preserves ancient Filipino recipes and serves up traditional, home-cooked food to history-loving foodies.