Places kirstianthony Wants to Go

A very special collection of some of the rarest and most beautiful guitars.

Jack White's record store is the only place in the world that records live shows direct-to-acetate.

Test your mettle against the hottest hot chicken in Nashville.

Sambusas get a Deep Southern twist at this Somali chai haven.

House a green chile pork Crunchwrap swaddled in hot, fresh tortillas.

Fuel your honky-tonking with this venue's unbeatable “Recession Special.”

This beloved cheeseburger-slinging trailer holds Nashville's oldest beer license.

This iconic meat-and-three seasons every dish with ancestral cooking knowledge from South Carolina’s Lowcountry.

This seasonal soft serve shack has been doling out silky swirls since 1951.

A rainbow of kulfi and falooda flows from this Indian-style ice cream parlor.

Sip mead from an East Nashville apiary while snacking on barbacoa tacos.

Visit a family-run restaurant that has been serving the epitome of soul food for more than seven decades.

Located inside a former bread factory, this museum explores a century of transportation history through innovations that were extraordinary or failures—sometimes both.

Feast on award-winning birria tacos from a food truck inside this neon robo-tiki bar.

It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.

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

This mausoleum is the final resting place of one of St. Louis's richest and most tragic families.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

A kitschy, creepy St. Louis mainstay.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

Odd castle-like structures for collecting water sticking out of the Mississippi River.

Explore the history and craftsmanship of a century of motorcycles at this St. Louis showroom.

The eccentric and colorful pavilions of Tower Grove park are a beloved and overlooked symbol.