Places Julie Kulak Wants to Go

This small museum is dedicated to the study of coprolites, or fossilized poop.

Designed as a labyrinth, this subterranean prison was crafted without bars or doors.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

Randy Senna's Fascination and retro arcade is home to the last Fascination game in New Jersey, and one of seven remaining as of 2021.

Sample sweets at an Art Nouveau candy shop that's been in business since 1874.

This scenic cable car ride glides 100 feet above Mexico City.

The remains of an Aztec school and various intriguing artifacts lie below a modern cultural center.

The turquoise-studded skull of a long-dead Aztec man sits within Mexico City’s Museum of Anthropology.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

A barbarous band of serpents guard the bases of these Aztec temples.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

A quirky and charming restaurant founded by artists.

The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.

This carved armchair marks the final resting place for two pals in the Chicago suburbs.

The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.

This lookout tower built in the 1930s is now an in-demand cabin with what might be the best view of the Seneca State Forest.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

One of the best places to dig—some say on the planet—for six different types of chalcedony.

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

If you ever wanted to own an actual piece of Disney World, this is the place to shop.