Places lizsullivan Wants to Go

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.

This diner serves Route 66 nostalgia and what it claims is the 'original' hot dog on a stick.

An Art Deco gem that held together the artistic heart of an agricultural community for 92 years.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

This iconic meat-and-three seasons every dish with ancestral cooking knowledge from South Carolina’s Lowcountry.

This former mill tunnel was blasted under the ridge to divert a portion of the Muscatatuck River.

A herd of roughly 250 American bison roam these plains.

Indiana's greatest rare bookstore has a special shelf for Hoosier authors.

The first home and studio that belonged to the famous architect.

Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.

A hidden oasis just north of Chicago's Chinatown.

Just off I-55 in McLean, Illinois, is a place where you can play over 100 arcade and pinball machines for 25-75 cents a pop.

A taxidermy “mermaid,” vampire-killing kits, and hundreds of other bizarre objects are housed at this quirky museum.

A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.

Nevada's largest cactus collection stands outside a candy mogul's small factory.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

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

This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.