Places andyhartsmith Wants to Go

Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.

The ruins of the first Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico.

This small fort played a huge role defending Puerto Rico’s capital city.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

Legend has it this historic port was a popular hideout and smuggling spot for pirates.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.

Swim or sail to this pie-slinging boat off the coast of St. Thomas.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

A Bronze Age stone ship said to be the grave of the mythical founder of Gotland.

A replica of the famous memorial statue at the Normandy American Cemetery hides in an office building in downtown D.C.

A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A carved bench marks the Scottish cave that inspired the classic adventure novel "Treasure Island."

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.