Places Ckorear512 Wants to Go

The world's first motel is now an administrative building for an apple farm.

This hand-carved wooden carousel in the Story City North Park was built in 1913.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

A rural colonial settlement that contains the remains of a store and cooper.

A collection of obscure and vintage equipment used for television, film, and radio.

A unique outdoor timepiece at a "clothing-optional" resort.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

More than 25 fully functional scale replicas of famous lighthouses dot the shores of Lake Havasu.

Designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1893, this Gothic-style castle is now a home for academics.

This picturesque cottage was the site of Ulysses S. Grant’s final and perhaps most important campaign.

The site of the gruesome massacre—and maybe cannibalism—of five men, a tragedy that made Alferd Packer infamous.

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

This park offers a variety of sights and activities including trail rides and buffalo sightings.

The classic Christmas carol was written at this Massachusetts tavern in 1850.

Home to a 27 room house, this estate was crafted by Black entrepreneur Olander Banks Sr.

An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

A strenuous, unofficial trail leads to spectacular views in one of America's most remote national monuments.

This grove was planted more than a century ago by the War Mothers of World War I.

The oldest functional consecrated church on Mustang Island.

The disdain for this dysfunctional dam is reflected in a giant pair of scissors painted on the concrete face.

Once considered a marvel of engineering, this 107-mile canal played an integral role in building New York City.

In the Mound Hill Cemetery resides the final resting place of the world's tallest couple.

Learn about the last river many crossed to find freedom from slavery in the United States.

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.