Places jeams Wants to Go

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

This small cemetery is all that remains of Atlanta's first Black communities.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.

The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.

Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

The Boston home of a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

The final resting place of the first documented Chinese person in the United States lies in a Boston cemetery.

This hotel was the site of major events in sports and radio history. It was also used as a detention center during World War II.

This memorial honors those who served on Gallops Island Radio Training Station during the second World War.

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

A plaque marking the famous abolitionist's birthplace often overlooked by visitors to the nearby Charles Sumner House.

Malcolm X's house during his most formative years faces an uncertain future.

What was once a true peninsula has now been filled in, causing the water to recede and leaving many streetside "waterfronts" and landlocked "islands."