Places sierrawest Wants to Go

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

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

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

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

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

Eastern zen meets Western grit in these four little trees growing out of a rock on Lake Tahoe’s Nevada shore.

The smallest country in the world.

An abandoned cyanide mill is now a haunting magnet for graffiti and illegal parties.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.