Places LiliCurtis Wants to Go

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

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

Divinely-inspired village houses 6,000 dolls, plus strange and lovely outsider art.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

The headquarters of a secretive order is also a beautifully-designed park.

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

Three plaques mark the spot where the "forgotten father of broadcasting" worked.

A statue commemorate Tommie Smith and John Carlos's brave protest at the 1968 Olympics, a watershed moment for civil rights.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

Tucked away behind an unassuming set of shops is a must-see series of stunning murals.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.

This San Diego museum is dedicated to preserving women’s historic achievements.

A magnificent, reportedly haunted mansion built for a composer by Spiritualists.

This historic Chinese church was relocated and revived as a museum that preserves and celebrates Chinese art, history, and culture.

A sculpture of the famous photograph stands on San Diego's "Greatest Generation Walk."