Places piblyss Wants to Go

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.

The eerie ruins of an isolated abandoned town nicknamed "the Widowmaker" for its deadly gold mine.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

A secret fresh water spring for animals and humans alike hidden along the most famous road in the United States.

Crumbling pink walls and murder memorials preserve the pioneer history of Joshua Tree.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

Gorgeous purple flowers drape from the world's largest blossoming plant.

An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.

An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

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

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

An abandoned railroad tunnel forgotten by time awaits inquisitive hikers.

The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

This sun-scorched lakebed contains samples of half the natural elements known to humankind.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.