Places mikeblan1996 Wants to Go

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

Songwriter Leon Russell transformed this church into a recording studio used by many legendary musicians.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

A ghost town at the airport is now a refuge for blue butterflies.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

Hundreds of iconic jazz records were made in this church-like space.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

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

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

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

A Memphis park where you can walk the whole Mississippi River in one go.

The humble fort that saved Washington.