Places Annaml Wants to Go

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.

The museum moved on, but the diorama remain.

These sprawling mines once served as a source of plaster and today serve as a storage facility.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.