Places clayontheroad Wants to Go

World's only nuclear reactor operated by liberal arts undergraduates.

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

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

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.

An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.

Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

This small plaza encourages people diagnosed with cancer to never give up hope.

A larger than life statue of a steelworker keeps watch over a closed steel mill.

Home to several unusual artifacts, including a huge painting of George Washington.

An abandoned, rusty old relic of railroad history stands at attention over the Cuyahoga River.

The oldest remaining authentic Putt-Putt course that Donald Clayton created in Ohio.

The oldest brick house in the state of Ohio.

After covering almost 1.5 billion acres, the survey's still not finished.