Places MKULTRA Wants to Go

Slurp sesame noodles at the third-generation family-run establishment that invented them.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

The oldest hotel in Nevada.

This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

This enchanting mountain plateau celebrates spooky local folklore.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

This mysterious and creepy location instills a strong sense of foreboding in all visitors.

Though its branches are painted bright colors by generations of locals, the tree is said to be a haunted portal to hell.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

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

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

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.