Places jackrockocasey Wants to Go

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

The timepiece that exonerated a labor radical accused of a parade bombing that killed ten people.

Playable, historic pinball machines fill this Alameda museum.

The creator of the carousel's bingo-pinball hybrid survives in California's oldest gaming establishment.

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

This midcentury LA bar was the birthplace of tiki culture.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

A mysterious, abandoned building rotting on the Brooklyn waterfront.

Historic Greenpoint theater turned roller disco, then chain pharmacy, and now Sweetgreen.

If you were standing here on October 5th, 1950, you'd be dead.

Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

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

A miniature view of the park, caught in time.

This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.