Places thesteelefamily239 Wants to Go

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.

A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.

Oklahoma City's oldest arcade has reinvented itself as a competitive pinball mecca.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

This unassuming building houses one of the world's most extensive collections of cars created by automotive legend Carroll Shelby.

The world’s first museum dedicated solely to electric vehicles.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.

Vintage neon signs illuminate highway history.

An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

These split boulders mark equinoxes and solstices along the Seattle skyline.

Tucked away in Seward Park is Seattle’s only old-growth forest.

Old 'Nutcracker' sculptures from 'Where the Wild Things Are' author found new life as a seasonal attraction.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

Pause for an afternoon fika with sublime Scandinavian cakes and pastries.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.