Places michaelamiller Wants to Go

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

Built in 1785, this residence is the oldest stone house in Georgia.

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

The site where Confederate president Jefferson Davis was defeated has been marked with a bust... that leaves that part out.

FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

The mysterious 855-foot zigzagging stone wall has been baffling people for centuries.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.

Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.

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