Places buckblaze Wants to Go

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

This beach-side arcade is believed to be the oldest penny arcade in America.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

The city’s oldest gateway to the galaxy lies at the entrance to the Royal Botanical Gardens.

Arcade chock-full of old timey, whimsical, hand-cranked automata and peepshows.

One of the first big sculptures anywhere in Australia.

The 25-million-year-old cavities have perplexed people for decades.

A massive concentration of algae is responsible for this lake's pink hue.