Places CuriousMichele Wants to Go

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

An emporium for the weird, creepy, rare, and just plain gross.

The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

Small caves once used as a hiding place for some of those accused during the Salem Witch Trials.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.

This massive railroad spike celebrates the 1939 premiere of the movie “Union Pacific.”

This once rural mansion now sits in the heart of the city.

Millions of dollars worth of sculpture decorate this Iowa city center.

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A roadside collection of over-sized iron creations that are a bit more macabre than most.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

One devoted couple has donated multiple recreations of Michelangelo's sculptures to this South Dakota town.

At the turn of the 20th century, the Minnehaha County courthouse played host to sensational public divorce trials.

This 19th-century religious artwork was once highly controversial—because it was donated to the church by a divorcee.

A small town built on an abandoned airfield has former runways as streets and a bar and grill in an old airplane hangar.