Places buckblaze Wants to Go

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

The former home of the woman who successfully fought to integrate restaurants in Washington, D.C.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.

Malcolm X's house during his most formative years faces an uncertain future.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

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

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.