Places Skankatron Wants to Go

An outback test site for the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult.

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

If you want to take a peek at Area 51, this is legally as close as you're going to get.

Sip coffee and talk politics at this landmark cafe in Astoria's Little Egypt, a contender for the title of America's first hookah bar.

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

An occult-y, historic hotel with the World's Largest Ouija board on the roof.

An imposing pair of sphinxes stand guard outside this Egyptian Revival tomb.

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.

Inside this 150-year-old barn turned antique shop is a vast array of items for curios hunters.

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

The only monument to name all of the passengers and crew who died on the RMS Titanic.

A morbid piece of memorabilia from the most famous shipwreck in current history is just one of the many poignant artifacts in this Canadian museum's collection.

The final resting place of 121 victims of the RMS Titanic, 42 of which may never be identified.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.