Places halfLight7 Wants to Go

The world's largest Holstein cow.

An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.

A monument to the forgotten French explorers and their landmark expedition.

A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.

A lonely house representing railroad history tells the stories of those who rode the rails.

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

17,400 lbs., 12 feet in diameter, and 29 years in the making.

14th century Norse artifacts in Northwestern Minnesota could have proved a Viking landing before Columbus.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

The lowest point in South Dakota and the source of the Minnesota River.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.

This museum pays tribute to the Cherokee leader who created a written language for his people.

Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

This simple gravestone remembers a pig who single-hoofedly raised $19,000,000 for the Navy.