Places smcrific Wants to Go

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.

A Depression-era sculpture by Charles Umlauf survives in a small suburban post office.

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.

One of the world’s largest living advertisements is made out of pine trees.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.

Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

Outposts of this restaurant chain were shaped like jaunty chapeaus.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

This taxidermy horse was a Civil War hero.