Places zydeko Wants to Go

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

An abandoned 17th-century baroque hunting lodge with a wonderfully strange architectural plan.

Stare out over the lagoon and beyond from this 10th-century campanile on the island where the city of Venice began.

The highest peak in Puerto Rico is home to a rare fern that can only be found on six trees at its summit.

The abandoned remains of this once-thriving hotel looms over the city, awaiting an uncertain future.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.

No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

The quiet canyon has a tumultuous history involving a doomsday cult.

An Old West film set seen in countless TV shows and movies is open for the public to explore.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

It would be a crime to miss it.

An inconspicuous suburban street corner is the site of San Diego's worst air disaster.

One of the largest trees of its kind in California.

An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.

The classic Atari game's iconic aliens have invaded downtown San Diego.

The silent film master's legacy commemorated in all the right and wrong places.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.