Places paolascopetti Wants to Go

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

This L.A. fixture has been serving hot dogs out of a giant hot dog since 1946.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

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

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.

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

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

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

Fans have made a utility pole near where the 90s musician was shot into an ersatz memorial.

Enjoy the cutest cafe experience outdoors.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

A surviving concrete arrow from an early-20th-century airmail-navigation network overlooks a reservoir.

Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

A late-19th century diversion canal built by hand crosses Bryce Canyon National Park and is still in use.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."