Places jimvmurray Wants to Go

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Gift shop offering toe tags and chalk body beach towels tucked into a coroner's office.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

Become a prohibition rebel.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

New York City's smallest piece of private property.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

This little museum is built on a theater that was once a wildly elaborate speakeasy.

A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.