Places BeKa211 Wants to Go

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

One of the world’s few undersea pedestrian tunnels connects Honshu and Kyushu islands.

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

One of the few remnants of an extensive tram network that once made Buenos Aires the “City of Trams.”

Beautiful quilts displayed in the former home of a quilting pioneer.

This campus museum commemorates a national tragedy.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

Explore a subterranean wonderland with Pennsylvania’s largest stalagmite.

This beloved ice cream shop raises its own cows to ensure the highest quality dairy products.

This Hindu temple in suburban New Jersey is the largest in the United States and one of the largest in the world.

Tucked away in a quiet corner of rural Nova Scotia, the first museum in North America dedicated to preserving the art of making rugs by hand.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

Three buildings constructed of over 25,000 multicolored glass bottles.

A detailed, loving tribute to America's most isolated city.

The Yiddish language stages a renaissance in a shtetl-inspired cultural center on the San Diego coast.

America’s first living history museum of camping — a decade-by-decade museum of vintage campers, luxury tents, and Northwoods vacation history that guests can actually sleep in.

A cozy cafe tells the remarkable story of how one man started with a little red paperclip and wound up with an entire house.

Small indie movie theater that shows documentaries and unique films and has a cocktail bar with great drinks.

An art gallery/gift shop that feels like Tim Burton, Pee Wee Herman, and Jim Henson combined!

The peace and seclusion of Kyoto’s “Moss Temple” is no accident.