Places goodepeggy Wants to Go

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.

This Yellowstone geyser may not shoot as high as the nearby Old Faithful, but it erupts for considerably longer.

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

One of the largest collections of wildlife art in the United States, built into the side of a cliff in rural Wyoming.

The famous 102-year-old circus elephant was struck and killed by lightning.

A hidden gem of a saloon in the middle of a ghost town.

A Michigan farm has hosted the fierce competition since 1974.

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

A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

An innovative local park built from an abandoned sewage treatment plant.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

This stone marker honors the man who released Canada goose goslings in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

The start of the group that straightened the teeth of a nation.

This restored farmhouse is a time capsule of a 19th-century Colorado homestead.

This three-mile concrete levee in Pueblo, Colorado was transformed into the world’s longest painting.

This small piece of railroad history sits behind the parking lot of a chain grocery store.

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.