Places darrelmw Wants to Go

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.

A Perpetually Under construction Park.

When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

World's largest Christmas store.

Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.

Dilapidated Mayan-themed ballroom was one of Detroit's most popular venues through the 40s.

This railway-turned-greenway provides a pedestrian link in downtown Detroit and celebrates urban artwork.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

A fine mixture of the old and the new topped with an art deco neon spire.

A bomb shelter and some fireplaces are all that remain of the house Fred Roberts tried so hard to keep standing.

This historic tower in the California desert promises visitors a "vortex of good vibes".

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

A hidden world of exotic succulents and cacti.

Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.