Places joparkman Wants to Go

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."

This historic chapel was rebuilt after lighting caused the original structure to catch fire.

A fascinating museum near the birthplace of the greatest track and field athlete of all time.

This coastal port saw one of the most significant battles of the Civil War.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

This historic, century-old theater is still in operation.

A 10-foot segment of the concrete barrier stands quietly on the campus.

A life-sized baby elephant tombstone marks the grave of a circus owner at a country church in southern Georgia.

The site where Confederate president Jefferson Davis was defeated has been marked with a bust... that leaves that part out.

Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.

Built in 1785, this residence is the oldest stone house in Georgia.

This super steep hike ascends 2,000 feet in less than a mile.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

This sprawling 18th-century cemetery features unique and beautiful gravestones, including one shaped like a tree.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Papier-mâché folk art recognizing horrors of slave trade.

The ruins of an open-air theater built on this Georgia island in the 1970s.