Places brianajreidy Wants to Go

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

This painted blacktop brings the classic arcade game to life.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.