Places stephencrook25 Wants to Go

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Four-story slides send people whizzing through the math department at this Munich university.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

Lucha Libre (Mexican Wrestling) themed taco shop.

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.

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

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.