Places strangersigh Wants to Go

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

After the nearby mercury mine shut down, this town was abandoned and declared a Superfund site.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Step past the gas pumps and into a fine French bistro.

This chestnut box will not be opened until the country music legend's 100th birthday in 2046.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.