Places swarmsoflizards Wants to Go

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

This kaleidoscopic mural shows Bob Dylan throughout his transition from young troubadour to Nobel laureate.

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

The ancient settlement attracts tourists from all over looking to learn about the Chinese vision of the afterlife.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.

Despite attempts by local police to discourage it, Beatles-inspired graffiti has been a means for artists to air grievances for decades.

Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

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

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The macabre collection of Jacques Sirgent, an expert scholar on the undead and all of their trappings.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.