Places cmstoelb Wants to Go

The site where Michigan launched its first rocket into space lies abandoned in the dense woods along Lake Superior.

The honor of highest point in Michigan was almost given to the wrong peak before this mountain won out by 11 inches.

This missionary's legacy looms large over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—literally.

Reason for Michigan's potential diamond mine.

Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.

A surprisingly large number of show waterski teams are located here in Wisconsin.

Largest outdoor staircase in the United States.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

A museum devoted to the victims and the survivors of the most catastrophic fire in American history.

These hilariously laughing bronze figures lampoon empty promises while encouraging civic engagement.

A communal hub where threads of countless textile traditions intertwine.

A massive bell inside a Danish library rings to announce the birth of a baby in the city.

This massive rock column in Canada is perched on a corner of its base, seeming to defy gravity.

A woman facing death for bearing a child out of wedlock lifted this massive stone as her legacy.

According to legend, the Devil left a footprint behind after an epic showdown with a traveling priest.

Stand on the rim of a dormant volcano and gaze across a vast ash plain frozen in time.

5,000 skulls in memorial to those killed by the Khmer Rouge.

The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.

This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.

Hundreds of "animals" created from scrap metal, alongside a collection of other oddities.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

An airy Art Deco space devoted to the weird and wonderful folk art traditions of Mexico.

Once the largest source of mercury in the Americas, these ruins earned the name “Mine of Death.”

The only building in Kazakhstan where symbols of sovereignty are collected under one roof.