Places The25th Wants to Go

Beneath the mossy overgrowth covering this once-sprawling campus lies decades of history and the secrets that come with it.

This eclectic sculpture garden in Brooklyn, home to a bizarre collection of art, was once a run-down junkyard.

This striking arch, one of the first architectural elements constructed in Prospect Park, was recently restored to its original glory.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

One of New York's best collections of pinball is hidden in a secret bar in the back of this laundromat.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

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

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

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

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

An unexpected ghost village lurks on the southeast coast of Tenerife.

Time stands still at this serene burial ground in the center of Budapest.