Places tishtishtish Wants to Go

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.

A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.

Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

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

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.