Places birresus Wants to Go

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

This museum is dedicated to telling the story of dinosaurs from a creationist perspective. 

Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.

This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

The deserted railroad town had a last gasp as a ghost town attraction before being abandoned for good.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

Oklahoma City's oldest arcade has reinvented itself as a competitive pinball mecca.

This unique landscape is the only place in the world to dig for hourglass-selenite crystals.

This giant mimetic milk bottle has encouraged Route 66 travelers to choose dairy since 1948.

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

This life-sized effigy commemorates the dedicated abolitionist and social reformer.

A memorial to the Potawatomi chief who allegedly ran nearly 150 miles to alert settlers of an impending attack.

This enormous fish commemorates the unplanned release of brown trout into a Michigan river.

This tree was warped centuries ago to serve as a botanical wayfaring tool.