Places Mackenzie Wants to Go

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

Once a dining hall for boarding school students, this lodge was a popular haunt for nuclear physicists working on the Manhattan Project.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

Radioactivity still cause for concern at this urban explorer's paradise.

This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'

This plaque commemorates the call between Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

A giant interactive periodic table with real samples of the elements.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

A steampunk-styled three-floor factory churning out art, activism, and electronic beats.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

A crucified and bearded female saint.

Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

One man's personal collection of KGB memorabilia is presented along with his strange viewpoint.

An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

Beautiful antiques and obscure engineering artifacts trace the evolution of phones from rare luxuries to ubiquitous.

Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.

A history of heat is on display at this unique Austrian museum.