Places jlarose3 Wants to Go

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

Fully ignoring any conventions of fine dining, chef Peter Vazquez turns out some of the best meals in the city in takeaway containers.

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

Feast on twice-cooked goat with plantains and other Haitian street food dishes.

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

Since 1929, this institution has been serving one of the most celebrated po’ boys in New Orleans.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.