Places Mycala Wants to Go

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

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

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

Seemingly unremarkable items like empty sushi trays, chef hats, and freshness stickers are being preserved so future generations can look back on this beloved cultural import.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.