Places carlwh Wants to Go

A miniature representation of Canadian cities and landmarks in incredible—and sometimes hilarious—detail.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

An old spiral fire escape dangles above a public courtyard in Midtown Oklahoma City.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

The first outlet of Canada's biggest fast-food franchise has been slinging doughnuts since 1964.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

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

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.

The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

The contents of this safe survived a 37-kiloton nuclear bomb.

A facility built in 1992 for an underground nuclear test remains in place today.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.