Places jimvmurray Wants to Go

A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

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

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

Cornish legend says these ancient circles were people turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

A decommissioned military complex that's now a modern industrial park.

Lehigh Valley barge No. 79 still gets tugged along - but now it houses a museum and unusual performances.

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.