Places CSH Wants to Go

This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

Largest man-made excavation on earth!

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.

Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

This secret gem of a toy store houses a rideable carousel populated with fantasy animals.

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

The only freestanding table rock formation east of the Mississippi.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

The evolution of recreational vehicles and motorhomes is on display in the “RV capital of the world."

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.