Places clpartin Wants to Go

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

A lonely house representing railroad history tells the stories of those who rode the rails.

The pharmacy's retro ice cream mixer is one of the last of its kind.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

One North Dakota man's vast collection of rare rocks, polished orbs, and geological wonders.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

A monument to the forgotten French explorers and their landmark expedition.

The lowest point in South Dakota and the source of the Minnesota River.

This record-setting hydraulic dam in the Montana badlands was one of FDR's most ambitious public works.

Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.

Operational for less than a year, this mill produced more than 11,000 tons of chrome concentrate in its short lifespan.

One home in the historic strip hides secret compartments and the ghostly songs of long-gone canaries.

The famous 102-year-old circus elephant was struck and killed by lightning.

The old fire tower is one of the last of its kind in the United States.

A sprawling museum located on the former site of the Orphan Girl Mine.

The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.