Places darrelmw Wants to Go

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.

A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.

Medical history museum featuring a lovely doctor's office from the 1800s.

Unique collection containing a wide and curious range of contraceptive items.

This retired stagecoach tavern is the oldest building in Cleveland.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

Chevron maintains one “Standard” brand station per state so it doesn’t lose the trademark.

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.

Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.

A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

Enormous small-business mecca in the Midwest, serving dozens of artists.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.