Places jhastings2229 Wants to Go

Over 120 years ago, the original boardgame that inspired Monopoly was invented in this small Illinois town.

Explore this unspoiled peninsula with 11 sandy beaches and 13 miles of hiking and biking trails (keep an eye out for soaring bald eagles overhead).

Tucked into Pittsburgh’s North Side, the Mattress Factory is a labyrinth of permanent, room-sized installations where artists transform entire spaces into mind-bending, immersive worlds.

This Nebraska town wants to double its population with plywood cut-outs of townsfolk.

Roadside Americana, fairy tale characters, and Austin quirkiness come together at this magical course in the heart of Texas' capital city.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

A waterfall and cave near Arroyo Seco that inspired the writings of D. H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, and Mabel Dodge Luhan.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Visible below the waves are memorials to the city's Gold Rush dead.

Small teepee-like houses built for TB patients have become sheds, studios, and bus stops around Colorado Springs.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

This small island off Lambert's Bay is home to more than 2,000 Cape gannets and is the only such breeding colony open to the public.

Beside a busy highway, a colony of Great Blue Herons raises hundreds of offspring each year.

Singapore's Ang Mo Kio Town Garden West is a social hotspot for songbirds and their humans.

An active seahorse farm is currently saving Tasmania's handfish from extinction.

Built to hold Gold Rush wealth, this building has withstood the test of time.

Hidden beyond a kitschy giant beetle is this remarkably sprawling collection of preserved insects.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.