Places scfierst Wants to Go

It stands tall, honoring the town’s nickname of Ballad Town USA, while paying tribute to the city’s rich history of barbershop quartet singing.

A 6,888-carat piece of turquoise that bears a striking resemblance to the first President of the United States.

The master of westerns can be found in...the coastal city of Portland?

The iconic grave markers from George A. Romero's 1968 horror masterpiece,Night of the Living Dead.

A small arthouse cinema in Bend, Oregon showing independent films in a tucked away historic alley

In 2019, an anonymous photo of a windowless room with eerie yellow wallpaper was posted to 4chan from this building, launching 'The Backrooms', one of the internet’s most massive collaborative horror phenomena.

One of Detroit's most iconic fictional protectors, RoboCop, finally has a statue.

One man’s nostalgic collection of ’50s Americana

A junction in the Death Valley backcountry marked by old crankshafts

A venerable restaurant chain's one-off attempt to blur the line between themed eatery and amusement park

This street was the filming location of the iconic flying bicycle scene from “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.”

Small indie movie theater that shows documentaries and unique films and has a cocktail bar with great drinks.

A remote memorial to Major Michael Adams, the only test pilot to lose his life in the X-15 rocket plane program

This traditionally British fish and chip shop is one of the few that still cooks its products in a coal-fired range.

Vintage steam trains that still run through a pre-Civil War tunnel

A living museum documenting the history and produce of California's citrus industry

A tiny plaque hidden miles into the Washington wilderness is all that remains to honor a shipwreck that left 18 people dead.

One of the world’s largest suspended aquariums, located in Dubai Mall.

National Mall monument to the inventor of the screw propeller.

This is the location of the U.S. Radium Corporation where the “Radium Girls” worked, became sickened by radiation poisoning, with many dying horrible deaths.

A campy fiberglass statue welcomes visitors to this small town in central California.

Where hand-pressed burgers meet low-flying planes — a 1950s drive-in shack at the end of an active runway in the Columbia River Gorge, with Mount Hood on one side and Mount Adams on the other.

The museum displays the life work of the great clown spanning a career of 70 years in movies, television, radio and his paintings.

The childhood home of the award-winning novelist and short story writer.