Places canlarue Wants to Go

The inventor of the Coney Island hot dog rests in a grand mausoleum in Brooklyn.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

An amazing stag sculpture constructed entirely of discarded materials.

The American rainmaker and a burst dam.

Educational foundation that teaches the powers of fourth dimensional physical properties.

One nutty businessman’s unique tribute to an ancient tool.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.

Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.

This theatre was made famous after Lee Harvey Oswald was captured inside watching a film.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

Every year, festive decorations appear on this juniper tree located in the median strip of a busy highway.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

More than 3,200 cookie jars line the walls and shelves of this little shop and over 1,000 salt and pepper shakers

Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

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