Places waywardwillard Wants to Go

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

An iron dragon with a long neck covered in feathery scales perched above one of Venice's most popular squares.

An unexpected alley with light shows and nature views.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

This grand stone tower was dedicated to a famed American humorist almost by coincidence.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

This restaurant, art gallery, and nightlife hot spot is a love letter to Lagos from St. Louis.

Explore more than 175 years of saxophone history.

In the Compton Hill Reservoir Park sits a statue whose lack of clothing caused a scandal for the group that commissioned it.

Hundreds of graffiti artists have decorated this flood-wall on the west bank of the Mississippi River.

The eccentric and colorful pavilions of Tower Grove park are a beloved and overlooked symbol. 

When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.

This ambitious restaurant celebrates the culinary traditions of the Ozarks before 1870.

A plaque on the side of a parking garage marks the burial place of a great Ottawa chief.

One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.

This mausoleum is the final resting place of one of St. Louis's richest and most tragic families.