Places Dan Buck Wants to Go

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

The quirky collection includes treasures like Elvis' underwear, Bob Barker's toothbrush, and hundreds of sock monkeys.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

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

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

Easter in Westminster may be the only time and place to behold Edgar Allen Poe made entirely of Marshmallow Peeps.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

America’s oldest community theater, this Boston club has been in operation since 1877.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.