Places sarahltait Wants to Go

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

The eccentric midcentury home of a suspected mafia gun-runner.

This nondescript building hides an entrance to an underground nuclear tunnel system.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

Train cars and railroad artifacts abound at this restaurant devoted to railway history.

You can get anything you want at the former site of the restaurant immortalized by Arlo Guthrie.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

The former home of Lillian Evans Tibbs and her grandson, Thurlow Evans Tibbs Jr., whose prodigious contributions to music and art spanned more than 90 years.

The first memorial dedicated solely to the Black troops who fought for the Union.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

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

A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.

If you forgot something to read during your trip to Tokyo, this hostel has you covered.

Surreal giant face-pillars welcome visitors from across the globe to this hotel.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

A long-forgotten Victorian swimming hole is still a fun spot for a dip.

A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

This building, previously used as a courthouse, has an unusual geological feature in its basement.