Places clpartin Wants to Go

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.

Over 140 boathouses built by miners from the Soudan Iron Mine in the early 20th century overlook Stuntz Bay on Lake Vermilion.

With a 90-foot wingspan, the world’s largest loon sculpture stands outside Allianz Field.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

Right here, members of the Lewis and Clark expedition boiled ocean water to make salt.

The Columbia Gorge Hotel sits as a beacon in the Columbia River Gorge and is also said to be haunted.

These wave-cut overhangs on ancient Lake Chewaucan contain some of the oldest evidence of human habitation in North America.

This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.

Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.

This lava tube cave was once a Cold War fallout shelter.

The original span of a high bridge across the deep Crooked River Gorge has been preserved for pedestrian use.

A Victorian-style home known as the “Castle on the Hill.”

Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.

Tens of thousands of tiny birds swarm into one school chimney every fall.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Home to the world's oldest wooden building.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

The tomb of an infamous chimeric monster whose corpse once washed ashore in Osaka.

Every spring, this walkway outside the Japan Mint turns into a cherry blossom tunnel.

Perhaps the world's cheapest vending machines.

This brothel-turned-restaurant features plenty of surprises and elaborate, extravagant architecture.

The “bridge of return” is haunted by a myriad of legends, from ghosts to demons to nuptial superstitions.

Have a soak at this retro bathhouse, where you will find Japan's first electric bath, tiling from Spain, and wood carvings representing the Japanese invasion of Manchuria.