Places ddarksword Wants to Go

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

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

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

One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

Every president in history is immortalized in bronze in downtown Rapid City.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

Two large-scale sculptures of Adam and Eve greet visitors in the nude at the Time Warner Center in NYC.

Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.