Places BeerAndLoathing Wants to Go

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.

This canyon is named for a unique geologic formation where the river vanishes underground near the mouth of the canyon and reappears farther down.

Mark Twain once stopped at this rest station during his journey to Nevada.

Features unique photographic collections by women of the American West and historical attractions such as a two-story outhouse.

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

This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.

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The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

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

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.

The rodent-shaped sidewalk imprint that earned worldwide media attention.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.