Places MagicTony Wants to Go

Listen to the sounds of the Earth moving along the Rose Canyon Fault.

This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.

In a cemetery full of holy men, mobsters, and haunted graves, among the most remarkable graves an ordinary husband and wife's spinning headstone.

A unique 3-D sculpture based on Rene Magritte’s “The Red Model.”

Enjoy a brandy old fashioned with this petrified pet in a bar devoted to the local press.

A cabinet of funerary art and death culture hidden inside an oddities shop.

Wisconsin’s oldest Chinese restaurant, still glowing beneath its historic neon sign.

A lone traffic cone perched on a ledge has remained unmoved since at least 2011, unofficially earning the status of a tiny Chicago landmark.

The overgrown remains of a folly temple/playhouse, in an unmaintained section of a Dupage County Forest Preserve.

A snapshot of Scottish folklore and magical heritage.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

A Spiritualist house of worship where believers communicate with the dead in the spirit world.

This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.

The oldest functioning restaurant in the state of Illinois, operating since 1847.

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

Phoenix man has two yards full of vintage signs and antiques.

The final resting place of the father of American beekeeping.

The last original miniature duckpin bowling lanes in America, located in a Milwaukee dive bar.

One man spent decades making these working scale models of antique cars.

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

The oldest operating hotel in Illinois enjoys a historic (and some say haunted) past.

"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.