Places Sun Wants to Go

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

Barbies stare from the walls, sit on the tables, and even pop out of cakes at this quirky cafe.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

Mexico City's largest market contains a Willy Wonka-esque wonderland.

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

Delightful disarray of found objects and clutter.

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

This glacier interpretation center houses the world’s only bar made completely from glacial ice.

This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

This strangely vacant Western amusement seems to be an empty tribute to residents of Lucerne Valley.

A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.