Places nejuum Wants to Go

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

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

This nature center has one of the largest collections of native raptors in the Pacific Northwest.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

One of the foremost Sherlock Holmes collections is hidden away at a Toronto library.

From the Difference Engine to the Cray-1, all under one roof.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

A Los Angeles cemetery that was once at the center of a Supreme Court dispute.

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.

This quaint archive of the silent era preserves and pays homage to a seminal moment in film history.

This giant head is all that remains of a once proud statue that survived an earthquake but not a fall off of a wagon.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

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

Home to secret Eastern Bloc spy equipment and the largest stretch of the original Berlin Wall outside of Germany.

Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.

The rustic cabin-like decor of this Arts and Crafts-style church reflects the love of nature central to its little-known theology.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.

Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.