Places Nicole Lee Wants to Go

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

The physical legacy of one man’s lifetime mission, following a near-fatal mine accident, to publicly proselytize for Christianity.

A bronze sculpture honors the 12 black students who attended the first integrated public high school in the segregated South.

This rural park in central Wisconsin honors one of the world’s most prominent numismatists.

A renovated schoolhouse that highlights the history of Clarke County's Black community.

An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.

A 1,000-foot-long railroad tunnel under Shavers Fork connected the towns during West Virginia's logging boom until its closure in 1985.

This unlikely 1980s relic at a bus station recalls the New York real estate tycoon before his political career.

This abandoned building made of petrified wood was once a hotspot for buying moonshine.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

A giant toy jack made of numerous welded-together fire hydrants.

Wood carving meets bird conservation at this museum showcasing the life's work of one man.

This ruined fort hidden at the top of Central Park can't seem to keep from losing its historical plaques.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

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

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

The centerpiece of the Delta Blues Museum is a wooden sharecropper’s cabin that once housed a titan of blues music.