Places rekohl Wants to Go

Curated by a 93-year-old retired Marine veteran.

A 1850s pioneer village and interactive museum detail the history of the Wabash Canal in Indiana.

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

A 14-foot-tall Bigfoot statue stands guard over this café and filming location.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The former site of the world's largest paper mill is now a museum preserving the heritage of Canada's pulp and paper industries.

This wildflower meadow was once the site of America's oldest operating paper mill and a symbol of Newark's manufacturing past.

A paradise hotel turned from opulent to overgrown.

A surprising museum of 20th-century technology.

Step into a converted schoolhouse packed with radios, ham gear, and a century of broadcasting history.

The remnants of this Douglas fir predate Columbus's arrival in North America.

This cemetery holds the bodies of at least 133 former patients.

This municipal park along the Missouri River honors the galley central to the Lewis & Clark Expedition with a replica ship and sculptures.

Egyptian Revival obelisks still rise over the old mine shafts.

This site is where Lewis and Clark met and formed the Corp of Discovery with a few local men.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

One of the few Cold War-era bases with many of its original structures still standing.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.