Places Jay Braun Wants to Go

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

This futuristic folk sculpture park sits along a peaceful stretch of rural North Carolina roadway.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

A nuclear power plant abandoned along with an international allegience.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Collect holy water from a Bronx grotto.

A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.

This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.

Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

Risk arrest while partying to fund art.

Nature and beauty amidst pollution and industrial wreckage.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.