Places richardhitetaylor Wants to Go

This glamorous old building is said to have inspired the Tower of Terror.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The oldest surviving presidential residence in the United States.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

A walk down memory lane in the heart of one of San Francisco's most notorious neighborhoods.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.