Places alwaysheartshapedboxes Wants to Go

In the Ozarks, a waterfall shoots out from a glorious hole.

A Grand Dame of the vaudeville circuit restored to its former glory.

A pristine beach on the Gulf of Mexico with deep ties to Pensacola’s Black community.

A small museum celebrating the life of the first Black four-star general in Air Force history.

A striking lighthouse with views of the Gulf of Mexico and of a military air show.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

This impressive ledge seems to float above the Upper Buffalo Wilderness.

Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.

Art blooms at this unique outdoor gallery along the banks of the Arkansas River.

Crystal hunters can dig for their own stones at this DIY mine in Arkansas’ quartz belt.

Experience life in one of America’s smallest neighborhoods.

This shrine commemorates the site of the first known Catholic mass in the United States.

A mural and a few historical markers commemorate Denver's once-thriving Chinatown, which was obliterated in a racist riot.

Secluded springs in the Rio Grande Gorge offer hot bathing beside the haunted ruins of a stagecoach stop.

One of three remaining theatres in the United States created in the Art Deco Mayan Revival style.

Some say that the battle fought at this Kansas site in 1856 was the first unofficial battle of the American Civil War.

Giant heads occasionally litter the industrial Houston neighborhood where sculptor David Adickes has his studio.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.

An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.