Places slugfest Wants to Go

Nature and art meet in this curvy creation

This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.

Six peaceful acres in a residential neighborhood dedicated to art and peace.

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

The oldest tofu shop in the United States is a firm favorite with locals.

This unique Seattle structure was designed to be the greenest commercial building on the planet.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

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

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.

These strikingly barren, rolling red hills were caused by bad farming practices.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.