Places dym75 Wants to Go

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

The first space rock known to have struck a human.

A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

This curious headstone is labeled simply as "The Queen."

The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.

Over 600 vacuum cleaners stack the shelves of what may be the cleanest museum in America.

This 1854 courthouse along the Mississippi River has a storied history.

This former Union fort commands a fine view of downtown Cape Girardeau and the Mississippi River.

Famous church recognized for both its unique design and disciplined monks that live according to the Benedictine discipline.

A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

Another in a long tradition of legends regarding infernal seats.

A memorial honoring those who perished in one of the worst construction disasters in U.S. history.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.