Places sparkleybits Wants to Go

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

The most unique castle in all of Southern California, entirely constructed from repurposed materials.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A miniature rainforest is growing inside of a Midtown Manhattan office building.

Secret Manor, a house full of legends, the least of which is the haunting of long-deceased ladies of pleasure.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.

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

A mining town once rife with murderous disputes over its copious treasures now creates income as a popular spot for photo shoots.