Places alyssaonmars Wants to Go

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

This unique historical monument features large concrete spheres designed to resemble fallen stars.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

The first commercial nuclear power plant constructed on Long Island.

A 300-foot-long Cold War submarine floats in a Chilean River as a maritime museum.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

Using a massive antenna made up of five miles of wire, two scientists tuned into organic radio waves from the planet Jupiter.

An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.

This field of concrete was once an active defense site armed with nuclear warheads.

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

An unrealized dream to wirelessly electrify the entire Earth.

The strikingly modern structure stands out among the brick buildings speckling the Harvard Business School's campus.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

This four-story steel sphere in Maryland was used to test biological weapons.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.