Places elliotthav Wants to Go

What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

A California city claims to be the home of a fast-food classic.

A bar, burger joint, and arcade housed in a late 19th-century church building.

An unexpected connection to Chicago awaits visitors on an island just off the California coast.

Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

This former mining railroad is one of the best-preserved short lines in North America.

A series of sculptures beneath the waves promote ocean conservation and support coral reefs.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

A miniature representation of Canadian cities and landmarks in incredible—and sometimes hilarious—detail.

Sandstone rock formations that look like they belong on the cover of a progressive rock album.

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

A seven-story wooden coal tipple stands this former mine, the last of many that once covered this area.

One of California's oldest continually used high schools has an interesting history, both on and off screen.

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.