Places BillT Wants to Go

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

This bottle-shaped monument pays tribute to the Appalachian drink that changed the pace of human life.

This top-secret nuclear bunker hidden in a Bosnian mountain has been converted to a modern art exhibition space.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

The birthplace of both the Atomic Age and Godzilla, and the namesake of the bathing suit.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.

The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.

An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.

The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.

In 2018, Pohoiki Road was severed by lava flowing from the eruption of Kilauea.

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

In the middle of a New England forest sit the crumbling ruins of World War II-era ammunition storage bunkers.

Once the extravagant escape of the Ford family, this enigmatic ruin now stands as a haunting reminder of its former glory.

A roadside statue store in rural Minnesota with quirky displays.

The 10-foot-wide Long Beach home was built on a dare.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.