Grand Saline, Texas
The Salt Palace
A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Tucson, Arizona
University of Arizona Mathematical Models Collection
A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.
San Francisco, California
The Wave Organ
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Bakken Museum
A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Indiana Medical History Museum
A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.
Apache Junction, Arizona
The Superstition Mountain Museum
This collection of Wild West movie memorabilia also claims to hold some secrets of the Lost Dutchman's mine.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Humphreys Peak
The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.
Laramie, Wyoming
Lincoln Highway Monument
The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.
Calhan, Colorado
Paint Mines Interpretive Park
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Ellsworth, Maine
Telephone Museum
As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.
Bedford, Indiana
Bluespring Caverns
The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.
Roswell, New Mexico
Roswell McDonald's
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Post Falls, Idaho
Treaty Rock
A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Cumberland Falls State Park
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Burnsville, North Carolina
Mount Mitchell
The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.
Saint John, New Brunswick
Reversing Falls
These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.
Cullowhee, North Carolina
Judaculla Rock
Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Synchronous Fireflies of the Great Smoky Mountains
For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Manitou Springs Penny Arcade
While most of the games in this arcade take quarters, that would have been a small fortune when they were made.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Morning Glory Pool
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Port Angeles, Washington
Olympic Hot Springs
Rustic natural hot springs in the deciduous rain forest.
Clackamas County, Oregon
Bagby Hot Springs
Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Grand Prismatic Spring
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Duchesne County, Utah
Kings Peak
The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.
