Places mepatterson Wants to Go

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

At this Austin dive bar, it's been Christmas every day for more than 50 years.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

A former plant in one of the hubs of U.S. steelmaking has been turned into this museum celebrating the history of American industry.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

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

A cheeky name for an observatory visitor's center.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

A masterpiece of Art Deco architecture hidden in plain sight in West London.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.

Where once there was a train station bathroom, there is now this German burger joint.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.