Places johnmanning Wants to Go

At the top of the hour, this steam-powered clock's eight brass whistles play "Back Home Again in Indiana."

This whimsical park encourages its visitors and wildlife to roam on and around the various works of art.

Along this stretch of Indiana roadway resides a giant insect composed entirely of scrap metal.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

This former office building has been transformed into an immersive music venue and art space.

Tucked away in the forests of Indiana resides an abandoned waterslide that is now a popular graffiti haunt.

Nature and art meet in this curvy creation

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

Come for the history lesson, stay for the mule-pulled boat rides.

A museum dedicated to the history of electric interurban transit near the home of the first electric trolley system in the United States.

America's oldest drive-in movie theater has been in continuous operation since 1934.

Featuring the largest CinemaScope screen in Pennsylvania, this drive-in has entertained moviegoers for more than half a century.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.

An occult-y, historic hotel with the World's Largest Ouija board on the roof.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.