Places Vidiot Wants to Go

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A 1980s tour bus that traveled millions of miles to facilitate a superlatively rigorous performing career.

The centerpiece of the Delta Blues Museum is a wooden sharecropper’s cabin that once housed a titan of blues music.

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

A colorful statue honoring the local salmon in glass and bronze.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

Ham is serious business at the Prosciutto Museum-Serious, delicious business.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

After the musical legend's death, his memorial was mysteriously graffitied in gold.

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

The cheese slicer may be a Norwegian invention, but the biggest ones in the world are found in Sweden.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

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

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

Museum in a swimming pool where the water still flows.