Places dearcy Wants to Go

This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.

The oldest extant wooden jail in South Dakota and possibly the United States. 

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

This combination shop and museum is filled with curious items and artifacts.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

This pop-culture shop also offers the chance to become part of their favorite tv show or movie.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

The mountaintop wind turbine boasts a viewing deck — and a fair share of controversy.

This mundane shopping plaza is named after a gruesome piece of flotsam.

A hat for every occasion can be found in this British Columbia haunt.

After spending more than a century on the ocean floor, this shipwrecked column is finally resting atop solid ground.

The "plyscraper" is the world's tallest building made predominantly out of wood.

The ruins of Vancouver's abandoned heritage railway.

This rare example of Vancouver's Victorian past was the home of one of the city's first bookbinders.

The oldest building in Vancouver's Chinatown is now home to one of Canada’s largest contemporary art collections.

A unique spiral staircase that doesn't quite make it up to the top floor.

At just six feet two inches deep, it is said by Guiness and Ripley to be the world’s narrowest freestanding office building.

This quirky piece of naval artillery has been deafening Canadians for over a century.

A renegade art installation in a small Vancouver park is now officially sanctioned by the City Parks Department.

The collection of signage remembers the midcentury pushback against the new neon light.