Places tishtishtish Wants to Go

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

A diorama lover's dream world.

The façade of this building looks like a bingo board, but it's really a giant clock by a famed graphic designer.

The final resting place of an esteemed bear hunter and formerly enslaved man who led Theodore Roosevelt on a hunting trip that inspired the creation of the teddy bear.

This small cemetery contains the graves of prisoners of war who were interred at Fort McClellan during World War II.

A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

This general store is stocked with memorabilia from the 1930s onward—almost none of it for sale.

This small shack near the entrance to Sequoia National Park has been in almost continuous operation for the last century.

Utopia and nostalgia mingle at the site of Bronson Alcott's ill-fated agrarian commune.

Explore the wide world of miniature trains.

This statue honoring the most decorated dog of World War I stands in a Connecticut park.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

This eclectic homestead is home to a miniature windmill and Connecticut's last tollbooth.

The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest as he attempted to have lunch.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

The final resting place of the Hunkpapa Lakota leader Tatanka Iyotaka, commonly known by the English translation Sitting Bull.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

This beautiful landscape is the only Sichuan-style garden outside of China.

This small stone building, the final work of a renowned artist, offers a peaceful environment with radiant, colorful glass windows .

An out of this world experience.