Places zenman Wants to Go

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.

A hard-to-reach oasis in a desolate corner of Death Valley National Park.

This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

A swath of France so devastated by war it is still forbidden to go there.

It's not your typical library, memorial, or book store.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

Dubbed the "Blade Runner dragon," this buzzing neon sign is a beloved local icon.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in North America is built of concrete designed to last 1,000 years.

A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.

The remains of an early 1900s dude ranch that operated until the 1970s.

The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

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

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.