Places Rick Brown Wants to Go

This unassuming home was once “grand central station” for the Underground Railroad.

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

Indiana's shrine to the sport that has become a hallmark of their culture.

A 30-year-old Sycamore tree grown from a seed taken to the moon and back.

This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.

The humble Hoosier roots of a famed Broadway composer.

The largest historic preservation organization in the United States.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

A flamboyantly decorated bridge signals diversity and fellowship at the entry to Indianapolis' Broad Ripple Village.

A collection of over 2000 air-moving devices of all kinds displayed in the Fanimation headquarters.

Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.

One of the largest open-pit copper mining operations in the entire country.

The world's largest military aircraft cemetery.

One of the world's largest telescopes, stares into the night sky with two huge mirrors.

A Tucson museum and performance space full of found-object movable sculptures.

A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Religious statues built because of one man's bargain with God fill this peaceful sculpture garden.

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.

An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

This southwestern historic site was designed and built by an artist who wanted his work to "feel at home."