Places tomwickland Wants to Go

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

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

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

What began with a single, 357-pound chunk of the Canyon Diablo meteorite grew to be an impressive collection. 

This airport also offers travelers the chance to view thousands of years of Turkish history.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

One of the oldest operating hydroelectric power schemes in Australia.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

Hidden in a metro shop under a shopping mall, this small museum tells the story of one of the world's largest urban transit systems.

This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.

Hidden inside a gift shop that doubles as a museum, this gargantuan yo-yo can only be operated by crane.

Nestled in Coachella Valley, this museum transports guests from the Mesozoic Era, to the land of Egyptian kings.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

Once a dining hall for boarding school students, this lodge was a popular haunt for nuclear physicists working on the Manhattan Project.

Football field-sized microalgae production tanks on the Hawaiian coast create a stunning view from space.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

Massive still life just off the highway in Kansas.