Places darrelmw Wants to Go

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

This whimsical sculpture garden is a local treasure.

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

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

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

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

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

Thousands of American timepieces on display in the former clock-making capital of the country.