Places brennonhightower Wants to Go

Take a trip back in time at this retro cinema dating back to 1954.

This diner serves Route 66 nostalgia and what it claims is the 'original' hot dog on a stick.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

An amazing collection of scale model ships.

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

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

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

Hundreds of graffiti artists have decorated this flood-wall on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

This unassuming riverbank is Missouri’s first designated site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom.

Dozens of large steel sculptures fill this two-acre park outside a former blacksmith's studio.

This museum explores the history of stickers and is home to RePEELed, an exhibit featuring sticker art from around the world.

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

This ever-changing arrangement of naked dolls even caught the attention of "The Walking Dead" crew.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

An underwater city for the dead.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.