Places clouddottir Wants to Go

This larger-than-life portrait in Nevada's silver boomtown is decorated with over 3,000 silver dollars.

The world's first funicular powered by a steam engine.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

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.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

This renovated Art Nouveau bathroom from 1905 is worth the price of admission.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

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

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

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.