Places inlandempirical Wants to Go

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

An island graveyard with spectacular views of the Caribbean.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

Haunted house kitsch meets Japanese folklore at this theme bar where patrons can “die” and have their own mock funeral.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

A former hardware store near Yerba Buena is the official home of California's history.

This antique shop specializes in the history of print and design.

Created in 1972, the famous sculptor's intricately detailed monument to San Francisco is overflowing with city landmarks.

Early prototype for Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.