Places wasabihands Wants to Go

A series of sculptures beneath the waves promote ocean conservation and support coral reefs.

A haunted slate mine turned concert hall and a hidden fairy garden.

Stay in a luxury cabin or refurbished Airstream in this former mining camp-turned-retreat.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

This oceanside Reykjavik spot is speckled with recycled sculptures and large stones.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin Franklin all slept at this humble inn.

A living snapshot of a different time in America is preserved and maintained by a community of volunteers.

Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.

All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

Once the product of an inexplicable gold strike, this ghost town is now home to one man and his love of classic machines.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.

This mysterious and creepy location instills a strong sense of foreboding in all visitors.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.

Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.

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

The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.

This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground