Places nyjzane Wants to Go

The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

The original location of Vollis Simpson’s Whirligigs.

What killed this humpback whale is a mystery, but its remains have become legendary.

The first mural ever dedicated to the women of the Black Panther Party.

A black and white solution to the Bolivian city's traffic problems.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

Once a safe haven for Black patrons and performers—including Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington—during the Jim Crow era, portions of this nightclub and motel have been restored to welcome a new kind of visitor.

The imprints of astronaut Charles Duke’s moon boots live on at Myrtle Beach’s official South Carolina Hall of Fame.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

If Myrtle Beach is the mini golf capital of the world, this is its crowning glory.

If it wasn’t for a real estate agent with a penchant for old-school arcades, this hands-on collection of nostalgic flipper machines might never exist.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court—and it's not the first one.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

New York's transit system peddles terrible food in limited windows—this restaurant is a rare exception.

Rat sculptures try to infiltrate the Graybar Building in an architectural tribute to New York City's nautical history.

This Manhattan skyscraper is a reminder of the brief but glorious age of urban air taxis.

An extensive collection of fine art devoted to man's best friend.

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.