Places samanthafran Wants to Go

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

This forgotten building was one of the few Philadelphia-area breweries to survive Prohibition.

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

Ride the subways of yesteryear.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

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

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

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

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

This copy of the famous Prague Astronomical Clock is the result of one man's passion project.

This figure was cut into the hillside in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI.