Places Dr Leia Wants to Go

A library of rare occult books in Los Angeles.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

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

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

A modern-day wunderkammer dedicated to Indianapolis history, Afrofuturism, and musical vibrations.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A museum dedicated to an incredible woman who founded a pioneering school for rural Black students.

A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.