Places tormentacelestial Wants to Go

A vision of beautiful Hindu architecture in the middle of the American South.

After being inoperative for over half a century, this elaborate fountain in Atlanta's oldest park was restored to its former glory.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

This 19th century cotton-gin factory has been repurposed into an artist space and cultural center, complete with goats.

A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

This 12-foot bronze statue pays tribute to his early days in Kentucky.

He’s not from around here.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

The only building in Louisville (hopefully) that contains two ancient holy skeletons.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A haunting—but not haunted—chapel remains in the woods.

Nine tiny mice sculptures hide in plain sight along Main Street.

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

Louis Sullivan’s dark, swirling cast-iron designs envelop a popular department store in this Chicago landmark.

A historic 1929 art-house cinema that features independent, classic, cult, and foreign films in an atmospheric setting.

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.