Places sweetm917 Wants to Go

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

One of the largest public collection of historic armored and military vehicles in North America.

Expertly restored pinball machines as far as the eye can see.

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

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

Medical and zoological curiosities for sale.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

A former fortified tower now houses a collection of classic communications equipment.

More than a century of radio history is told in these displays.

The walkable ruins of an 19th century hotel, destroyed in a horse cremation gone wrong.

The monumental steeple on Amherst College's campus has no church attached to it.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.

This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.

This recessed garden protects thousands of mountain plants by creating its own microclimates.