Places Taterchips Wants to Go

The first dish to bounce radio signals off the Moon, it was the forerunner to the U.S. Space Program.

Concentrated around the Dead Sea, these surprising canyons are filled with coursing water, fish, and even crabs.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

Art from the latest counter-culture; kids who dye their hair blue and believe the future will be a post-apocalyptic water world.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

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

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

A hurricane-stricken oak tree has been reborn as a beautiful chainsaw artwork.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.