Places sparkleybits Wants to Go

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

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

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

Two geoglyphs that are truly unique to North America.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

Clusters of abandoned buildings hint at the facility's 144-year history with psychiatric health.

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.