Places erockalypse Wants to Go

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.

This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

A completely round house designed for the Atomic Age.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

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

What appears to be an act of fruit vandalism is actually a cultural statement.

The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.

The time thousands of bags of chips washed ashore in the Outer Banks is memorialized in a local museum.

A sweet tribute to Georgia's official state vegetable, which even has its own mascot: "Yumion."

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

This derelict building used to house infirm Freemasons, their widows, and orphans.

Seven golden statues rise into the sky from sculptor Victor Victori's New Jersey front lawn.

Whether you're up or down, the Elevator Museum is worth a stop.