Places wlongson23 Wants to Go

This work of art pays tribute to an iron-hulled paddled steamer that traveled the world.

A tribute to smugglers and the Butter Wars.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

One of the largest pagodas in Nepal is a 13th century testament to regional craftsmanship.

An authentic, seaworthy replica of the ship that sailed to Newfoundland in 1497.

A surreal botanical garden with an even more surreal tour guide.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

Scotland is filled with standing stones that date back hundreds or thousands of years. This is not one of them.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

A fictional Coupe DeVille built by hand and gifted to the Man in Black himself.

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

The oldest active juke joint in the state sustains a niche school of blues guitar.

This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.

The centerpiece of the Delta Blues Museum is a wooden sharecropper’s cabin that once housed a titan of blues music.

A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.

A 1980s tour bus that traveled millions of miles to facilitate a superlatively rigorous performing career.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

In Edwin Hubble's hometown, a scale model of the groundbreaking telescope that was named in his honor.

Just off the road outside Baguio, a gigantic lion's head carved into a mountain greets those driving by.

Discover the mummified remains of Ancient Egypt in the middle of metropolitan Tokyo.

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," an outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.