Places Beth Ogando Wants to Go

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

Line up for a hickory-smoked BBQ bologna sandwich at this family-run institution.

A museum dedicated to preserving, promoting, and advancing the art and craft of fine metalwork.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

The R&B singer's modest church guarantees a religious experience, regardless of your beliefs.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

You can spend the night as an honorary lighthouse keeper in this quaint, historic beacon.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

A 132-year-old telescope continues to keep watch over the night skies above Providence.

A gothic-styled structure that has been the location for several movies.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.