Places victorialhthompson Wants to Go

A rainbow tunnel painted across three buildings and six storeys pulls a child (and every passerby) straight down the rabbit hole, ranked among the world's best murals the year it went up.

The last of nine massive kilns that produced many of the red bricks for buildings in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in the early 20th century.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Prank calls to this place, originally the "Tube Bar," inspired the creation of a Simpsons character.

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

With roots dating back to 1942, this retro diner was where Hank Williams is said to have uttered his last words.

A once-abandoned school building converted into a fantastical multi-level art installation and haven for Appalachian artists.

Visit the art studio of an early 20th-century painter, hidden amid the Great Smoky Mountains.

Supplies are schlepped up by llamas at this century-old inn, accessible only by hiking trails in the Great Smokies.

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

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

For over 70 years, this house was home to a pioneering Black artist and educator.

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.

This American Civil War-era fort still stands near the border between Washington, D.C. and Maryland.

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

In 1889, a small group of women began meeting to discuss literature, art, and other topics. Their every-other-week salon grew into a lending library that still exists today.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

The last used bookstore in Downtown San Francisco is one of the smallest bookstores just about anywhere.