Places rbowptown Wants to Go

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

An oddity shop filled with taxidermy, funerary memorabilia, and more.

After being inoperative for over half a century, this elaborate fountain in Atlanta's oldest park was restored to its former glory.

Georgia’s last drive-in movie theater is a relic of a bygone era.

Rare and classic books by Black authors are the focus at this independent bookstore in a historic Atlanta neighborhood.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

Beside some power panels, a plaque celebrates the history of an alternate world.

One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.

The only subterranean ping pong table in Atlanta.

A hidden oasis just two minutes from downtown Atlanta.

This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

Secret gardens just a few miles from downtown Atlanta.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.