Places araree831217 Wants to Go

This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

A four story, football field-sized, nine-grotto creation made of shells, minerals, and rare stones.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

One North Dakota man's vast collection of rare rocks, polished orbs, and geological wonders.

This stone, said to have once been a young woman, is sacred to the Dakota and Lakota nations.

A replica of a fort built from a frontier town's mass hysteria in the face of false reports of impending Native American violence.

North Dakota's smallest store only has tiny items.

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

The lowest point in South Dakota and the source of the Minnesota River.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

These cliff and rock formations are made out of Sioux Quartzite.

More than 7,000 gallons of water pour over these cascading red quartzite waterfalls every second.

A crumbling ghost town on the South Dakota prairie.

Once a thriving town of 100, Argonne was abandoned around 1970.

Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.

A mapping error in the 19th century made loggers think this section of the forest was underwater.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.