Places jilliankern Wants to Go

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.

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

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

The collection is housed in an exquisite mansion that makes you feel like you've been transported to an Italian villa.

Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.

Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

The top of a giant mesa, just outside of Amarillo, appears to float in the sky above.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.

This golf ball–shaped former desert real estate office now houses a UFO museum.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.