Places BeerAndLoathing Wants to Go

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Decades of pinball and arcade classics line this South Florida outpost of a popular Northeast arcade.

This lava tube cave was once a Cold War fallout shelter.

A reminder of the dinosaur skeleton discovered in a local quarry.

This museum features over 100 playable pinball machines, some dating back to the 1850s.

This archaeological dig site and museum is home to one of the largest dinosaur fossil collections in the world.

This largest dinosaur tracksite in Wyoming is one of the only in the world from the Middle Jurassic Period.

Cabins once lived in by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are featured at this Old West living history museum.

This historic Union Pacific Railroad depot is a stunning symbol of American post-Civil War progress.

This 35-foot troll in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, was made by the world’s leading recycling artist as part of a global fairytale.

This former floral display recalls Andover’s crucial role in Viking history in England.

Papier-mâché folk art recognizing horrors of slave trade.

Just outside Tokyo, a 45-story-high observatory with a stunning view of Tokyo Skytree and Mount Fuji.

The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.

Phoenix man has two yards full of vintage signs and antiques.

For two decades in the 13th century, the papacy operated from this palace in central Italy, which served as the site of the first—and longest—papal election conclave in history.

French sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier transformed the site of a 19th-century massacre into a haunting memorial.