Places Ben Faden Wants to Go

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

This spot in St. Louis, marked with a simple sign, has seen more pro baseball than just about anywhere else in the world.

This mausoleum is the final resting place of one of St. Louis's richest and most tragic families.

One man's unrequited love stands in a glass box forever.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.