Places beaugunderson Wants to Go

For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

Welcome to the home of the world's largest typewriter company.

This tucked-away cemetery is the final resting place of a prospector who uncovered one of the largest gold mines in Arizona.

Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.

In British Columbia, a unique microclimate has allowed these trees to live much longer than they usually would.

Home to vintage vehicles and local artifacts, this museum also houses a rare taxidermy specimen.

This amended headstone marks the grave of a participant in one of the most successful military deceptions of all time.

Home to a full cast of the largest woolly mammoth ever recovered in North America. 

This decommissioned DC-3 now forever points into the oncoming wind.

The remains of this rugged homestead ranch offer a brief glimpse into a bygone era.

A natural history wunderkammer in the middle of the desert.

This town is home to the world’s largest arch constructed entirely of elk antlers.

Around half a million years ago, these magnificent columnar basalt cliffs were formed from cooling lava.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

A tiny red pebble marks what may be the quietest outdoor spot in the United States.

A diorama lover's dream world.

Thousands of turbines whir at the origin of North American wind power.

Everything you always wanted to know about borates is here.

Carved by a waterfall in a hard-to-reach rock formation, this heart-shaped rock has inspired romantics for decades.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.