Places dawnjbrenner Wants to Go

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

At the base of the Spring Mountains, a unique nursery packed with desert plants.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.

The highest point in Montana is as rugged and singular as the state itself.

A working ranch doubles as a sustainable hub for world-renowned classical music and large-scale sculptures.

The final resting place of the Hunkpapa Lakota leader Tatanka Iyotaka, commonly known by the English translation Sitting Bull.

Wally is the 26-foot-long fiberglass emissary for Garrison, North Dakota, one of the self-proclaimed (and hotly contested) Walleye Capitals of the World.

An ode to South Dakota's state fish.

The humble beginnings of the man known for his lavish "champagne" music.

On the windswept Dakota plains there is a memorial to circus workers who were struck down by lightning.

A museum within a museum, devoted to history's most questionable medical devices.

This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.

A hidden oasis in the heart of Minneapolis is also an Important Bird Area.

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

An architecturally-focused antique shop.

A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.

This stone, said to have once been a young woman, is sacred to the Dakota and Lakota nations.

This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.

Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.