Places barrymitchellpe Wants to Go

The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.

This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.

Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.