Places CleoPika Wants to Go

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

Keen eyes can find the Disney influences throughout this treasure trove of a tiki bar.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

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

Hidden in the jungle is a botanical ‘Barbapa dream’ art center in the Yucatan rainforest.

A startling, centuries-old subterranean marvel hides in plain sight.

A blooming house of worship for the masses.

Built by an accountant with a dream of running a grand resort, this estate has sat vacant for over half a century.

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

This museum was once the home of industry titan Matilda Dodge Wilson.

When beetles destroyed these trees, they found new life as fantasy sculptures.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.

Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.

Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.