Places sneed55 Wants to Go

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

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.

The oldest functioning restaurant in the state of Illinois, operating since 1847.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

The oldest operating hotel in Illinois enjoys a historic (and some say haunted) past.

A long lost multi-cultural music venue used to reside in the bottom floor of Chicago's Flat Iron Building.

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

This retired stagecoach tavern is the oldest building in Cleveland.

This former tuberculosis treatment facility now stands at the center of a public park.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

Take a self-guided tour through one of Colorado's most elevated mining districts.