Places bryanr115 Wants to Go

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Hidden in one of the skyscrapers on Bunker Hill, this museum features an 1895 stagecoach and peers into California’s gold-lined history.

Stones speckled along Harris Avenue reveal hidden nuggets of the past.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Appropriation-friendly collection of books, periodicals, and more.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

This Seattle museum displays the history of the telephone through an impressive collection of telecom equipment.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

This historic building provides a powerful glimpse into the lives of Japanese Americans forced to relocate during World War II.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

Become a prohibition rebel.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.