Places Schiffty5 Wants to Go

An oasis of calm amid the chaos of the boardwalk, the museum traces the heritage of this beloved beachside amusement park.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

A curious building honoring past and current members of a historic musical comedy troupe.

This high desert botanical garden is a unique display of New Mexico’s ecology and culture.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."

Albuquerque found the perfect use for tumbleweeds at Christmastime.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

One of the last examples of Soviet architectural propaganda has a few technological tricks up its sleeve.

This lavish room in a New York City mansion is a rare relic from the end of the Gilded Age.

An arcade packed with a rotating collection of unique independent video games.

An exhibition space dedicated to American outsider art created between the 18th and 21st centuries.

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

If you want to talk to the Pope you will have to stare down this surreal vision of Jesus rising from a nuclear hell.

These giant sculptures are supported by a bizarre menagerie of feet.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.