Places BrandyBacon Wants to Go

A series of life-sized statues of each governor of the state of South Dakota.

Once a thriving town of 100, Argonne was abandoned around 1970.

This soaring sculpture and Sioux Falls landmark represents the leap of faith taken to make one's dreams come true.

A crumbling ghost town on the South Dakota prairie.

One dedicated priest constructed this beautiful stone grotto by hand from 1926-1933.

One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.

Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.

A larger-than-life dedication to the famous lumberjack and his loyal ox.

Maine's only authentic torri gate celebrates a longstanding international relationship that started with the rescue of four sailors.

This is the sewer drain that was the inspiration for the opening scene of Stephen King’s classic novel “IT”.

The head of a legendary lumberjack watches over a river in Maine.

An abandoned incline railway site is now a green space with six acres of trails connecting hilltop neighborhoods.

One of the few remaining covered bridges in Lancaster County.

The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddock—minus a few bits and pieces.

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The site where nine miners were trapped underground for over 77 hours in 2002.

This original Mason-Dixon line cairn placed in the 1760s was put in the wrong location because of the gravitational pull of the Allegheny Mountains.

Dedicated to one of the most successful boxers to compete in the heavyweight division.

George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin Franklin all slept at this humble inn.

In use from 1742 to 1910, only flat headstones were allowed in this cemetery.

At the end of a street is a statue with no indication as to why it was created.

This national landmark is also home to a massive treehouse.

Check out the 125-pound chocolate reindeer in the back of this candy shop.

A tragic mystery left this boy nameless for 65 years.