Places alecgator33 Wants to Go

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

Explore the wide world of desert plants at this unique Palm Springs botanical garden.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

A kaleidoscope gallery and steampunk emporium named for a pioneering journalist.

See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

Explore an underground labyrinth of miniature railroads.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

The murals have transformed a residential alley into a vibrant drive-through gallery.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

A source of civic pride, though the reason for its construction is unknown.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

These murals have been brightening a Chicago beach for more than 30 years.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.