Places Robert Rose Wants to Go

Built in 1899, this luxurious home was part of one of the first gated communities in Los Angeles.

This museum is a music lover's introduction to the iconic venue.

This jagged colossus of a building is mostly held together by an enormous concrete exoskeleton.

This iconic neon jester is a local landmark that you might recognize from his cameos in film and television.

This beloved, whimsical weiner topped an eclectic variety of Los Angeles buildings, including a Thai restaurant and an advertising agency.

Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.

This abandoned artificial island off the coast of New York City is now home to dozens of harbor seals.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?

Money may not grow on trees, but it can be dispensed by one.

This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.

This small fort played a huge role defending Puerto Rico’s capital city.

The remnants of an abandoned, 19th-century gold mill along Aruba's rugged northeastern coast.

The world's oldest hologram gallery and the labyrinthine laser laboratory of a holography pioneer.

This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Where the legendary Orson Welles got his theatrical start before "Citizen Kane."

Fake subway tiles were installed to cover a design that resembled the Confederate flag—it's unclear if the resemblance was intentional.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.