Places clouddottir Wants to Go

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

A 50-year old dive bar that has its own yacht club.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.

A UFO scrapyard in the California desert.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.