Places chath Wants to Go

The only Native American museum along the Oregon Trail, run by the peoples who have lived on the land for generations.

This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

Russian history in San Francisco.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

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

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

This dais was said to be a remote toilet built for the convenience of the British Royal Party on their brief, and only, visit to this small African nation in 1947. But is the story true?

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

An enormous Soviet aircraft, the only one of its kind, stands at the deserted shore of the Caspian Sea.

Propped high atop the peak of Mount Gamsutlmeer, this abandoned village is one of the oldest settlements in the region.

This amended headstone marks the grave of a participant in one of the most successful military deceptions of all time.

Of all the origin stories for weed's secret code, this one likely has the goods.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

Alaska Natives have lived on this tiny isolated island in the Bering Strait for over 5,000 years.

The "Gateway to the Arctic" connects Barrow's indigenous population with the sea and its traditional industry: whaling.