Places MiguelO Wants to Go

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

The "Kill Bill Church" was transformed into a place of worship after a long Hollywood history.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

A Buddhist temple covered in intricate designs and carvings made out of seashells and pieces of coral.

This abandoned nuclear cooling tower casts a shadow over a bucolic town.

Alongside this Memphis trail are several sculptures that show trail-goers how to relax.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

The R&B singer's modest church guarantees a religious experience, regardless of your beliefs.

This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.

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

An unknown Hall of Fame in Jackson, Tennessee.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.

The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

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

This park contains one of the largest concentrations of cedar glades, a unique and rare ecosystem.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.