Places weatherboy Wants to Go

The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

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

A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

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

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.

This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

The divine septet of Japanese fortune gods are rendered in 1,000-year-old wood at this peaceful site.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

These medieval ruins have survived since the 12th century, even providing shelter from the Nazis.

The deepest metro station in the world.

A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.

The second largest in the world, this massive underground void has its own subway.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

An extraordinary "City of Caves" carved from solid stone.

The phone booths of New York City have all but disappeared, but their remains were once found in this "graveyard," sadly now removed as well.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.