Places uberbaldy Wants to Go

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.

This 21st century cabinet of curiosities includes dinosaur bones, moon rocks, film memorabilia, and more.

Step into a cartoon at this Seoul café that aims to evoke a two-dimensional scene.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

A mapping error in the 19th century made loggers think this section of the forest was underwater.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

Known as the "Hobbit Houses," these storybook homes look like they're straight out of the Shire.

Some of the Old West's most notorious outlaws frequented this mining town.

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."