Places phildzielski Wants to Go

The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.

A colorful, century-old cemetery of the Yaqui Indian Tribe hidden amid the suburban sprawl of Tempe, Arizona.

Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

A frozen oasis lies beneath the scorching New Mexico desert.

This rare archive of original recordings and photos uncovers the early days of hip hop culture.

This exhibit allows visitors to wander through the interior of a replica Ice Age glacial cave.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

A reproduction of a giant humanoid "fossil," a hoax buried locally for construction crews to find and gain national attention.

A massive white oak tree provides a beautiful canopy near a suburban shopping center and stood before the signing of the Constitution.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

A waterway covered over after the Industrial Revolution has been unearthed and cleaned up, for the enjoyment of fish and humans alike.

The last vessel built by a submarine pioneer stands as a monument to his legacy.

Home to two notable early-20th-century Black educators, Lucy Slowe and Mary Burrill.

This tucked-away cemetery is the final resting place of a prospector who uncovered one of the largest gold mines in Arizona.

Dating to 1793, this is the oldest building in Poolesville.

Now a living classroom, this house was once the home of Reverend James Clinton Dent, a formerly enslaved man and a pastor.

Located on the campus of Emory University, this museum is filled with objects from the Americas to ancient Greece.

One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.

This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.

A cable-suspension footbridge that hangs high above the Mill River.

This labyrinth was designed to help visitors focus and meditate.

A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

When it was built in 1929, this historic bridge was the only place to cross the Colorado River for 600 miles.