Places Ryshili Wants to Go

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

Russian history in San Francisco.

An expansive and intricately restored mansion remains from over a century ago--and so do its ghosts.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.

Founded in 1873 to support the needs of the gold mines flourishing nearby, this is the last water-powered foundry in the United States.

One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.

A house built from trash known as the poor man's Hearst Castle.

An inconspicuous suburban street corner is the site of San Diego's worst air disaster.

It would be a crime to miss it.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.