Places Michael Glass Wants to Go

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.

This beloved American snack was conceived by a hungry coal miner.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

Stroll among more than 50 large-scale sculptures created by world-class artists.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.

A little-known mural reveals the hydrological reason for Atlanta's founding in this location.

It’s all about the Benjamins at this Atlanta museum with interactive exhibits.

Atlanta's strange assortment of concrete pillars inspires reflection in some, confusion in others.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

This hidden stone has absorbed decades of human anxiety.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.