Places ericcuebas Wants to Go

The highest waterfall between the Rockies and the Appalachian Mountains.

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."

Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.

A remarkably opulent mansion with a tragic history.

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

Gorgeous cave resemble a winter wonderland.

The sculpture's largest spire points directly toward the North Star.

A morbid gateway to an Alaska town prides itself on the hunting history it represents.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.

This abandoned mine offers a glimpse at what life was like for those who came to Alaska seeking Gold Rush riches.

Colorful boxes placed over the dead are left to rot and crumble.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.