Places tyler Wants to Go

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.

The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.

The vast chamber inside this abandoned cooling tower looks like something out of a sci-fi dystopia.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Venice's island of the dead.

An intricately carved Viking church overlooks a glistening fjord.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

This innocent-looking townhome is actually a subway exit.

The convergence of two currents makes this a surprisingly pleasant getaway in the Arctic Circle.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

During the holidays, a vintage subway train whisks New Yorkers back in time.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

The location along the shores of the Great Salt Lake of what was once called, "The Coney Island of the West", now sits barren due to arson and time.

Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.