This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

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

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

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

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

A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

"Polynesia on the Plains."

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.