Places chanticlere Wants to Go

A soon-to-be-forgotten roadside spectacle loaded with local lore.

A Texas-sized secondhand bookstore features 54,000 square feet of books, music, and media.

One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.

This convenience store-turned-brewpub serves up inventive Indian cuisine and a wide selection of beers.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.

Metal monsters made from repurposed materials lurk alongside this Pennsylvania road.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.

The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

This opulent hotel has been visited by Spider-Man, Charlie's Angels, and the Ghostbusters.

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.