Places ophie Wants to Go

Last church of this militaristic WWII style.

All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

This is one really big nut.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.

Climbing this abandoned railway leads to breathtaking vistas of O‘ahu.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

A 1920s speakeasy that had rum runners racing up and down the shores of California.

This massive swimming pool is the high tech home to the human-powered submarine races.

Vintage cars and motorcycles race for glory in a throwback motorsport celebration on the Jersey shore.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

Honoring Italian greats from Joe DiMaggio to Rocky Marciano.

Central City celebrates its most famous madam by racing beds down Main Street.

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

Amid the sprawling Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters is one of Washington's least accessible museums.