Places petracca5 Wants to Go

Bill Murray bowled three straight strikes here at Reno's "Taj Mahal of Tenpins."

This historic estate on the east shore of Lake Tahoe was home to an eccentric millionaire (and his pet elephant, Mingo).

What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles' most famous songs?

Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

The final resting place for the famed creator and narrator of "The Twilight Zone."

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

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

This humble hole-in-the-wall is home to an incredible pig ear sandwich and serious civil rights history.

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.