Places static Wants to Go

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

This arid landscape was once a lush wetland. Today, it's a paleontological site filled with fossilized mammoths, sabertooth cats, and more.

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

A collection of haunted objects and macabre oddities under one roof.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

This egg-shaped treehouse was inspired by "sport sleeping."

An abandoned logging settlement nestled in the woods near a popular ski town.

Home inspired by the crystal rock formation of the Emerald Estates.

The remains of a Canadian train crash are now mouldering beneath layers of rust and graffiti.

Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

An artist weaves "wooden quilts" with scraps salvaged from his Katrina-damaged home in Tremé.