Places aeholmquist Wants to Go

The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

A large collection of motorbikes with some impressive gems.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

A fairytale art house in the middle of Wisconsin.

Admire the art and then buy a raccoon skull cleaned by flesh-eating beetles.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.