Places Brett Iredell Wants to Go

This museum details the history of a local miracle: The return of the critically endangered black-footed ferret, which was once believed to be extinct.

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."

This steep-walled ravine contains animal-shaped formations made from sandstone.

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

Pay homage to the quintessential P-town dive.

After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.

Provincetown's night owls flock to this 52-year-old pizza joint.

P-town goes wild for the malassadas at this 87-year-old institution.

Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.

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

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

The exit of the largest prisoner-of-war escape attempt on American soil during World War II.

Two whaling vessels that were sunk by an anti-whaling organization in 1986 now sit on the shore of this beautiful fjord.

Behind these delicious arepas lies a true New York success story.

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

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

Hundreds of painted rocks dazzle this small beach where adding your own is encouraged.

This revered mutant tree was felled in an act of ecoterrorism leaving a legacy of myth and possibly murder.

This love letter to Poland serves bracing dill pickle soup and plump pierogis.

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

A monument to an Irish secret society thought to be responsible for a string of violent attacks in Pennsylvania coal mines.

Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.

Dedicated to the largest armed uprising in American history since the Civil War.

Feast on Caribbean classics from curry goat to black cake.