Places hiImWhitney Wants to Go

It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This location of a Mexican chain restaurant has a unique location: an old jail.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

This 85-year-old fireplace in an urban woodland is dedicated to a poet who recognized the beauty of a tree.

An underappreciated sculpture garden just a few blocks from the capitol building.

A piece of solitude and tranquility in the heart of East Saint Paul.