Places Joe Wants to Go

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

A Swiss amusement park entirely dedicated to the theory of ancient astronauts.

Petroglyphs, bird watching, and a 100-year-old Ranch in one location.

A Seussian sculpture made of brass instruments.

A bar, burger joint, and arcade housed in a late 19th-century church building.

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

A beautiful final resting place with some surprising residents.

A bronze ballot box stands at the spot where Susan B. Anthony voted illegally.

This New York estate was designed to resemble a medieval Scottish castle.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

An antique cemetery in New York, this land is home to any number of famed corpses.

"Call for the doctor, call for the nurse... Vote!! said the lady with the alligator purse."

The Fox Sisters, America's leading mediums in the mid-19th century, possessed a table they claimed helped them "communicate" with the dead.

The floor-to-ceiling collection in an old factory is a unique alternative to stuffy galleries.

The home, museum, and death site of Kodak's influential founder.

The gravestone of the suffragist leader attracted extra visitors during the 2016 election.

A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.

Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.