Places alaskanmoss Wants to Go

A Fibonnaci spiral model of our solar system.

This is the resting place of the meanest rooster in Cleveland, Tennessee.

An improbable creek near Death Valley, not far from the oldest surviving Euro-American structure in the Mojave Desert.

A statue donated to the city of Mishawaka, Indiana in 1992, commemorating the 500th anniversary of Columbus’s arrival.

Before the Vatican, there was Dolton: This is the childhood home of the first American pope.

The largest known adobe office building, emulating in style and layout the forms of traditional adobe architecture common to the region.

This dam is part of the nation’s largest public power producer and a historic steward of Hiwassee River.

The finest example of Gothic Queen Anne Architecture in the U.S. was built out of rivalry and spite.

A unique 3-D sculpture based on Rene Magritte’s “The Red Model.”

Originally known as the State Lunatic Hospital at Norristown, this campus stands as a fascinating piece of medical history.

This old radio building from the 1930s inspired the WSQK radio station featured in the last season of “Stranger Things.”

This stately brick building once provided supplies and equipment to lighthouses across the northeast during the 19th and 20th centuries.

This place claims to be North America’s first vegan convenience store.

Finished in December of 1906, it was the longest rail viaduct in the United States and the third longest of its kind in the world at that time.

A fantastic resource for information on both Route 66 and the local area.

From an earlier era, a small community was established and was prosperous but drifted away, leaving only the bank vault behind.

A memorial dedicated to the famed North Pole explorer appropriately sits at the far edge of Arlington National Cemetery.

The Princess Mishawaka statue and story honor the legend of a Shawnee Indian heroine and promoted tourism in the 1930s.

An Illinois prairie preserve where the real show begins after sunset.

A blufftop prairie and limestone cliff with 30-mile views across two great rivers and prime bald eagle territory.

A century-old wooden walkway where artists and free spirits have built a funky, countercultural main street.

On the site of a former Army ammunition plant, bison now roam a restored sea of grass.

A sandstone corridor so narrow that it feels like the wilderness closing in on itself.

A piece of I-45 graffiti has become one of Houston’s unofficial slogans.