Places Vic Tanner Wants to Go

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Inside, ancient treasures. Outside, modern contradictions.

A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.

This metal shop's yard is filled with cutout art including an Eiffel Tower replica and Noah's Arch.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

An extensive collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts and mummies.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.