Places Michael K Wants to Go

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

Jurassic Park—A Still Life.

Explore a wealth of fossils in one of the most prolific dig sites in North America.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

Kentucky's longest operating jail is now a spooky spot to spend the night.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.

A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.

Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."

A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.

Colorful sand dunes create a unique attraction in this part of Utah's red-rock country.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

A museum of unusual collections, mini-towns, and a half-dog, half-alligator.

The United States' only educational center specializing in disease vectors and mosquitoes.