Places jcan58 Wants to Go

This eclectic collection documents the wild legacies of "America's Wickedest Street."

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

A sixth-century Byzantine cistern hidden below a modern carpet store.

Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

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

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

Bowl in splendor, if you're lucky.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

Make a tough dinner decision: Octopus wasabi roulette or bull penis?

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

Land that belongs to no nation.