Places kcstevejones Wants to Go

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

The first musical instrument of its kind to be built in the United States—and the world’s tallest.

The last remains of one of the oldest and largest oak trees in the United States calls this state park home.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.

Home inspired by the crystal rock formation of the Emerald Estates.

A eclectic collection of military memorabilia.

Around 9,000 ties call this museum home.

An Englishman loses his scalp to a Cheyenne warrior and lives to donate it to a library.

America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

The Quapaw tribe supplies the meat and produce in this Oklahoma casino restaurant.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

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

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

A small town garden is dedicated to a psychic dog with the most soulful eyes.

A mysterious local has been dressing the child's grave for decades.

The modest childhood home where the baseball legend and Yankees star learned to hit from both sides of the plate.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

This controversial, abstract sculpture is meant to represent an Aztec warrior.

Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.