Places Jessfrawg Wants to Go

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

The holiday spirit lingers year-round in the "Christmas City of the High Plains."

This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.

A large collection of motorbikes with some impressive gems.

Home to the world's largest refracting telescope and the birthplace of modern astrophysics.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.

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

On holy holidays, Israel's second president used this room atop Mount Zion as a refuge to read the Torah.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

This small-town opera house has appeared much more in national culture and history than its charming setting might suggest.

An annual festival full of illuminated replicas of iconic landmarks from around the world.

This recipe is set in stone.

Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.

This softly rounded mansion was built without corners not to avoid evil spirits, but to make them more comfortable.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

This church doubles a museum dedicated to Norwegian heritage.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.

The study has wall paneling from a 17th century ship.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.