Places Kelsey Kennedy Wants to Go

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

Over a dozen Native American earth mounds dating back over 2,000 years dot this Tennessee archaeological park.

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

An unknown Hall of Fame in Jackson, Tennessee.

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

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

A singular collection of hand-built art deco cars are held in a building with style to match.

The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.

The first artificial white water river course in North America cuts right through an Indiana city.

This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.

A modern-day wunderkammer dedicated to Indianapolis history, Afrofuturism, and musical vibrations.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

Ornate limestone building now filled with geologic specimens, and more.

If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.