Places caitmckay Wants to Go

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

A rooftop restaurant hides in plain sight atop Vienna's Palace of Justice.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

A roadside statue store in rural Minnesota with quirky displays.

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.

What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.

Stock up on all your horror paraphernalia at this year-round Halloween emporium.

Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.

More tin toys than you can shake a clapping monkey at.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.