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Places on this traveler's wishlist.

"It doesn't belong here."

Elko, Nevada

White King

The world's largest dead polar bear, immortalized by taxidermy and Hunter S. Thompson.

Lunar Crater

Tonopah, Nevada

Lunar Crater

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

These remains have been repatriated to the Lovelock Colony via Fallon Paiute Cultural Committee.

Winnemucca, Nevada

Humboldt Museum

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants

Prometheus Tree Stump

Baker, Nevada

Prometheus Tree Stump

This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.

A giant concrete Ichthyosaur beckons you to explore the park.

Austin, Nevada

Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!

The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin

Baker, Nevada

The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin

The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.

Fremont Troll

Seattle, Washington

Fremont Troll

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Mystery Soda Machine
Permanently Closed

Seattle, Washington

Mystery Soda Machine

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

The stonework fireplace and sculpted staircase that is heated by warm water flowing through the handrails.

Whistler, British Columbia

The Mushroom House

Home inspired by the crystal rock formation of the Emerald Estates.

Capilano Suspension Bridge

North Vancouver, British Columbia

Capilano Suspension Bridge

This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.

Mitchell Shoe Tree

Mitchell, Oregon

Mitchell Shoe Tree

Make it an offering.

Painted Hills

Mitchell, Oregon

Painted Hills

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

Rajneesh Invasion Plaque

Antelope, Oregon

Rajneesh Invasion Plaque

Post office plaque commemorates local resistance to a cult invasion.

Goldendale Observatory State Park

Goldendale, Washington

Goldendale Observatory State Park

A fine, large-aperture telescope available for public use.

Chilean Memorial

La Push, Washington

Chilean Memorial

A tiny plaque hidden miles into the Washington wilderness is all that remains to honor a shipwreck that left 18 people dead.

The tyrannosaurus rex greets visitors.

Port Orford, Oregon

Prehistoric Gardens

A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.

Bordeaux, Washington
Permanently Closed

Olympia, Washington

Bordeaux, Washington

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

Chlosyne leanira alma at the Bohart Museum of Entomology

Davis, California

Bohart Museum of Entomology

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

Iguanodon. The horns on the nose are actually thumbs. (Wikimedia Commons)

London, England

Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

Hot Creek Geological Site

Mono County, California

Hot Creek Geological Site

This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.

Giant Ram

Wagin, Australia

Giant Ram

Everything about this over-size novelty animal is huge including its testicles.

The International Space Station which will one day be at the bottom of the ocean.

New Zealand

Spacecraft Cemetery

The oceanic dumping ground where spaceships go to die.

Point Nemo

Antarctica

Point Nemo

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

View from Pointe Vénus to the Baie de Matavai, Tahiti.

Tahiti, French Polynesia

Point Venus

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

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