Places samanthahale Wants to Go

A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

A whimsical sensor instrument for Minneapolitans to play on their walks to work.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

A Himalayan monastery claims to have a piece of a centuries-old abominable snowman.

An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.

This dilapidated castle-like structure overlooks the Hudson River at one of its widest points and was once home to nuns.

The abandoned grounds and derelict greenhouses of this once-magnificent Edwardian estate are now a nature preserve open for exploration.

The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."

What might look like a cliffside sacrificial altar at first glance is actually a stone compass pointing to cities and lighthouses all around the world.

At the center of an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean is a deep chasm ringed by tall waterfalls.

About 80% of all U.S. avocados are descendants of Rudolph Hass's glorious tree.

A spiritual center in the Santa Monica Mountains founded by Alice Coltrane after the death of her husband and fellow jazz musician John Coltrane.

This long line of cement defensive wedges is named after the famous chocolate bar for obvious reasons.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.