Places m124 Wants to Go

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.

Veritable museum of 20th century country music history.

The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

A 22-foot stainless steel quilting needle pays tribute to a local connection to fiber arts.

One nutty businessman’s unique tribute to an ancient tool.

A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.

The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.

An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

Swing by this iconic record store find out what’s going on in Clarksdale’s live music scene.

Catch a live blues set in a former 1930s grocery store on the Mississippi River.

A glimpse into the state's vibrant literary culture along with inspiring stories from an inclusive author community.

A small museum celebrating the work of a Mississippi artist who had a unique connection with the natural world.

This house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan was destroyed twice and reconstructed to near original condition.

A downtown filled with nearly deserted historic buildings was revived as a pastel paradise.

The oldest active juke joint in the state sustains a niche school of blues guitar.

Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

The FBI's urban training course may have the highest fake crime rate in the world.

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.