Places sawilliams Wants to Go

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.

There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.

A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."

Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.

An elegant Georgian cemetery best known for the grave of the little girl whose murder on Christmas Day remains unsolved.

Its dark depths conceal millions of rare, delicate crystal formations.

The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.

Southern California’s Theme Park Beginnings.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

This video store is a horror buff's dream.

Though it's unclear why it's there, the lifelike sculpture of the giant lizard is oddly charming.

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.