Places Just Pete Wants to Go

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

This hot dog-shaped diner has moved all around Colorado, but has never been to New York.

Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.

A giant gun barrel in Barbados that once hoped to shoot outer space with science.

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.