Places stefanmarquart Wants to Go

The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

The world’s first hotel to be run by robots.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

Hidden amid the tropical forest in the Caribbean Sea are the decaying ruins of the Cocaine King's luxurious island party home.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

Some of the ancient-looking huts among these strange rock formations aren't ancient at all, but built as part of a movie set.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.

The final resting place of the first American-born professional magician.

Of all the origin stories for weed's secret code, this one likely has the goods.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

The century-old plant starred as the villainous clown's lair in the miniseries based on Stephen King's "It."

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

Camera cars and condom bikes built from scrap and one man's passion.

Room 32 of the Alta Cienega Motel has grown into a shrine to the Lizard King.

A Parisian boutique devoted to la Sape, the elegant Congolese fashion subculture rooted in European colonization.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.