Places Riki Wants to Go

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.

The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."

This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.

The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

The oldest public library in Ireland.

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

A sacred well steeped in Pagan roots on the West Coast of Ireland.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

Local legend says the remains of Father Christmas lie within the medieval grounds.