Places xoeelisabeth Wants to Go

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

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

The labyrinthine storm tunnels beneath the city of Melbourne are ruled by a band of urban explorers.

Unusual hexagonal rocks formed by cooling lava named for their resemblance to traditional Japanese tatami mats.

Despite being a perfectly pleasant place to be, Loyalton can't seem to attract any visitors.

This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A swing to dangle you off the very edge.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

A legendary speakeasy bookstore returns from the brink.