Places jaimemorosky Wants to Go

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

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

Little has changed in the way that this mill operates since the 18th-century.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

The humble beginnings of one of America’s greatest songsmiths.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

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

Enjoy a tour of oddities and makeshift monsters at this souvenir store with an offbeat sense of humor.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.