Places coffeegrrrl Wants to Go

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

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

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

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

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.