Southport Light Station in Kenosha, Wisconsin

The Old Kenosha Lighthouse (also known as the Southport Light Station) in Kenosha, Wisconsin is a historic Lake Michigan lighthouse that was built in 1866. While it's a beautifully restored structure, I was admittedly just as impressed by a vintage Porsche parked out front. 

RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee

You can explore Elvis' home at Graceland, you can hold the microphone he used at Sun Studio in Memphis, and at RCA Studio B in Nashville, Tennessee you can sit at the piano where he recorded some of his biggest hits. In fact, Elvis Presley recorded over 200 songs here.

RCA Studio B is one of those humble spaces where incredible things happened. It wasn't just Elvis either - Dolly Parton, Roy Orbison, Willie Nelson, Charley Pride, Hank Snow, the Everly Brothers, and numerous other big names recorded music here since Studio B opened in the late 1950s.

Today you can visit RCA Studio B in Nashville by booking a tour through the Country Music Hall of Fame. One of the absolute highlights, time permitting, is sitting in the studio as the lights are dimmed and listening as a raw recording of Elvis singing Are You Lonesome Tonight echos through the space. The experience will transport you back in time.       

The blue X marks the sweet spot where Elvis recorded his vocals.

Elvis' piano inside RCA Studio B.

Leitch Collieries in the Crowsnest Pass

Located in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, Leitch Collieries is an abandoned coal mine and processing plant. The location is now a provincial historic site, and the remaining buildings have been stabilized and preserved as ruins for visitors to explore.