Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.

This historic Idaho island is home to a strange timeshare museum, a homemade mini-golf course, and an outhouse named Aunt Fanny.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

These century-old beehive-shaped kilns were built to produce charcoal for nearby mines.

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.

This highest peak in Idaho can only be reached by traversing a formation known as "Chicken-Out Ridge."

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

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

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.

A wild west land agreement was etched right onto this historic Idaho stone.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

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

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

These black pillars of volcanic basalt seem to call mountain climbers with an unbreakable siren song.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

A somber monument commemorates the site of a Native American reservation marked by suffering.