Places Mortuarism Wants to Go

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

A collection of 16,000 antlers crammed beautifully into a small shed.

A scenic ravine with an astounding collection of rock art created by the Indigenous people of the Great Plains.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

This off-the-beaten-path abandoned town is a relic of Montana's silver mining boom.

More than 12,000 years ago, this park was a playground for mastodons.

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

This museum presents a dogged pursuit of 500 years of veterinary history.

One of the deepest springs in Missouri.

The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.

An unexpected but incredible collection of wildlife dioramas spanning rainforests, swamps, forests, and plains.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

Young Emmett Till's tragic story, which sparked America's civil rights movement, is retold near the site where it occurred.

Steps from the site where Robert Johnson purportedly sold his soul to the Devil, you'll find this century-old barbecue joint.

An enormous, interactive museum with star-studded exhibits is surprisingly found deep in the Mississippi Delta.

Since 1939, this no-frills spot has been turning out perfectly seasoned renditions of a Delta staple.

This Hattiesburg museum honors Black Americans who have served in the military, highlighting homegrown heroes.

This Mississippi seminary was the first in America to train Black Catholic priests.

A 1980s tour bus that traveled millions of miles to facilitate a superlatively rigorous performing career.

A seven-ton black granite monument dedicated to the memory of those who died and those who lived through the 1977 crash of the popular Southern rock band.