Place to see: Sip N Dip Lounge, Great Falls, Montana, United States

About this place:

Don't let the façade fool you. Located within the mediocre and slightly rundown O'Haire Motor Inn in downtown Great Falls, the Sip N Dip Lounge will exceed your expectations...assuming you go in with an open mind and a sense of humor.

To start off the adventure, park in the upper lot, but go over the steep ramp slowly if you don't want to catch air at the end. The Sip N Dip pushes tiki décor to its kitchy limit, the drinks are cheap and the crowd is varied, but the real claim to fame are the mermaids (and the occasional merman.) Behind the bar is a large window looking into the hotel pool. On Friday and Saturday nights, mermaids dressed in bikini tops and mermaid mono-limb suits flit and bob and make eyes at patrons through the window, working their non verbal flirting magic with the hopes of dollar bill tips taped to the window. Six nights a week, the famous Piano Pat tinkles the ivories, as she has for over 40 years. She takes requests but expect to hear "Sweet Caroline" throughout the night...by round two you will be slapping the table and singing along to the "bah bah baaaaaahhhhhhh"s with the people sitting all around you.

In case you still aren't convinced, the Sip N Dip was rated the number one bar on Earth by GQ Magazine.