Places melissaowens99 Wants to Go

One of the most horrible legacies of the Cold War is a site where the Soviet Union tested nuclear bombs on civilians.

The lovely lake that was naturally dammed, then naturally destroyed, then unnaturally saved.

An abandoned Soviet-era mining town in the mountains of South Kazakhstan.

Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.

Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

At this small shop off a dirt road in the forest, the specialty is eel the owner caught and smoked himself.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

A plaque and memorabilia collection mark where A&W got its start.

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.