Places zacharymbest Wants to Go

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

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

In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

A museum dedicated to the decorative arts from the 16th through 19th centuries.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

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

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

This 75-year-old Shakespearean sculpture is painted by a local artist for every season.

Famous and forgotten figures lie beneath the faded headstones and decaying planks of wood.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

World's largest collection devoted to one fruit.

A monument to a one-legged kidnapper, horse thief, and charlatan asks visitors to throw rocks in a pile.

This temple, built by an eccentric religious leader before his death, sits guarded and in ruins.

A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

Mediums from a psychic utopian community lead a trippy VR journey on a parked desert bus.

The decaying adobe remains of an old homestead are just off the beaten path in Joshua Tree National Park.

A monument to the frontier doctor who came up with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line.