Places srscheffel Wants to Go

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

This volcanically volatile island town is home to an abandoned series of tunnels left by the Japanese during WWII.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

This mechanical wonder towers above a river in Michigan's capital city.

The rusting remnants of a flying boat lie scattered near the site of its fatal crash.

This landmark is a central figure in the Nez Perce origin story.

The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.

This experiment in the lifespan of seeds will take a century before it is complete.

This French Canadian classic is a specialty of the oldest continually used church in Minneapolis.

A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

A museum-like shop that has been producing clogs, brushes, and ropes for nearly 200 years.

A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

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

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

One of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted.

The forgotten mummies of Dakhla oasis.

Eight naturally mummified bodies in glass coffins are housed in an underground crypt.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.