Places tomikawaisou Wants to Go

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

Sasqu(w)atch out!

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A science teacher's dream.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

This recycled wax museum may be the only one that features John Travolta in a Bible scene.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

Unique collection containing a wide and curious range of contraceptive items.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.