Places zydeko Wants to Go

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

At night, a grove of towering redwood trees growing through the pavement block out all light from the so-called “Dark Park” of Madrone Avenue.

An ancient city exhumed from the depths of the ocean.

Cat art as far as the eye can see.

An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.

Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.

An abandoned cable car station located on the Danube stands like a haunted house above the river.

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

Hidden in this modern shopping center is a relic of 16th-century capital punishment.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This enormous abandoned factory is now a makeshift graffiti gallery.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.

An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

A unique museum where guests can rent and operate a locomotive.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

In a divided Germany, Potsdam's "central" train station was relocated to the city's southern suburbs to avoid West Berlin.

A piece of the iconic wall found an unlikely new home in a Vegas bathroom.

The ship that got left behind.