Places Will Wants to Go

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

A hospital closed seemingly in the middle of operations, leaving behind fodder for horror films and ghost hunters.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

An underwater city for the dead.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

A prohibition-style speakeasy takes up residence in the last Victorian residence in Hollywood.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.