Places vmeverington Wants to Go

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

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

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.