Places Ryshili Wants to Go

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.

A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."

A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

Bizarre Cavern.

A collection of full-size movie monsters opened to the public.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

This "zoo" is a cross between a junkyard and a sculpture garden, featuring animals you won't see anywhere else.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.

Graffiti, cars, and religion combine to create this jungle of scrap in the Nevada desert.