Places ValarieD Wants to Go

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A tribute to the artist and activist who created the rainbow pride flag.

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

Longtime headquarters of controversial boys' club for the world's wealthiest and most powerful.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This sensational Chinese temple walks visitors through the 76 weird departments of the afterlife.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

Locals visit this abandoned train tunnel where a man took his own life to ask favors of his spirit.

This historic Chilean cemetery is the burial place of hundreds of European and American freethinkers and non-Catholics.

A beautiful little bookshop located in the middle of a desert.

One of the largest ancient geoglyphs in the world is a tall desert god used for predicting the weather.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

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

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.