Places gjbultema Wants to Go

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

This Old Town cabin tells the story of Tacoma's settlement through a replica of its first non-Native building.

A massive environmental project transformed this former smelter into a beautiful park.

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.

A landscape of massive spherical boulders are the main attraction in this Kansas State Park.

The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.