Places Kmolove Wants to Go

The world's oldest operating jazz club has been in operation since May 1934.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.

Abandoned concert venue legendary for its rock counterculture.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

A super-sized promotional trick that is now a D.C. landmark.

One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.

The U.S. Navy’s preposterously detailed mini battleship took 77,000 hours to complete.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Daily lunch spot for many of Washington, D.C.'s cab drivers.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

This sandwich shop has a century-old elevator behind a sheet of plexiglass.

Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

This leafy estate is worth $18 million and is so grand it has two mailing addresses.