Places tjhoek Wants to Go

Exploring the past, present, and future of blues music.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

The golden age of flight captured in a downtown airport.

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.

The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.

The second-tallest water tower shaped like a peach in the American South.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

A striking lighthouse with views of the Gulf of Mexico and of a military air show.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

Some of the last remaining relics of one of World War II's most important invasions.

Believed to be the oldest active college baseball field in America.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

Dedicated to the "World's Luckiest Fishing Village."

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

Once the primary source of ice in this region during the mid-20th century.