Places Ryshili Wants to Go

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

A nursery specializing in strange and beautiful succulents and cacti.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

One man has installed bathtubs into the Utah desert floor to harness the powers of a natural hot spring.

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Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.