Places kerryymm Wants to Go

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

A 150-square-foot masterpiece of American landscape art is the crown jewel of this library and art gallery in Vermont.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Built as a gift to the hottest tastemaker of the time, these hidden quarters remain an Art Deco showpiece.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.

Although it has never been a secret ninja base, this shrine still has plenty of tricks up its sleeve.

The grand complex of buildings that comprise Liverpool's Exchange Flags includes a vast World War II bunker that has been frozen in time.

This abandoned Antarctic research station is a Soviet ghost frozen in time.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

Austria’s oldest brewery makes beer with flaming-hot granite.

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

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

A KFC honors an eighth-century Chinese poet with holograms and verse.

Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

Vibrant paintings stretch across 600 feet of derelict railway.

This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.