Places ajsue Wants to Go

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.

The world's largest mineral hot springs is home to a herd of bison, a free public bath house, beautiful mineral formations, and a terrifying swinging bridge.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

The oldest badlands in North America, Makoshika State Park takes it name from the Lakota words for broken land.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

The world's largest Holstein cow.

The metal bird, nicknamed "Sandy," stands nearly 40 feet tall and is an homage to the birds that migrate through North Dakota every year.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

The world's largest otter started his life as a high school shop project.

This lone survivor of a regional franchise still slings delicious burgers and colossal servings of fries.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

Fill your car with gas and your belly with mouthwatering Cuban cuisine at this takeaway inside a Citgo station.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.

This hauntingly beautiful stretch of Florida coastline is covered in sun-bleached trees.

A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.