Places aitosimpsonsteele Wants to Go

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

This seasonal soft serve shack has been doling out silky swirls since 1951.

This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.

This iconic meat-and-three seasons every dish with ancestral cooking knowledge from South Carolina’s Lowcountry.

Test your mettle against the hottest hot chicken in Nashville.

Visit a family-run restaurant that has been serving the epitome of soul food for more than seven decades.

Jack White's record store is the only place in the world that records live shows direct-to-acetate.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

A recreation of an Old West apothecary full of curios.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

Orcas on display and in the water.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

The old fire tower is one of the last of its kind in the United States.

One home in the historic strip hides secret compartments and the ghostly songs of long-gone canaries.

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

This tiny movie theater was the last one in the U.S. constructed in the Nuevo Deco architectural style.

This angular Dwarven tunnel cuts through a mountainside in Glacier National Park.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.