Places heatherrowephr Wants to Go

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

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

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.

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

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

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

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

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

The finest example of Gothic Queen Anne Architecture in the U.S. was built out of rivalry and spite.

Memorials are nearly all that remains of this Arkansas prison camp, where thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated during World War II.

Ernest Hemingway wrote a good portion of "A Farewell to Arms" while living with the parents of his second wife, Pauline Pfeiffer.

Mobsters came for a soak in the hot springs, and stayed for the illegal gambling and bootlegging.

Art blooms at this unique outdoor gallery along the banks of the Arkansas River.

The only brothel on the National Register of Historic Places.

Giant papier mache hog sits on private property.

The strange and snarky traditions of the lumber industry's fraternal order began with five men waiting for a train here in Arkansas.

You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.

A short boardwalk through a swamp leads to the spot from which the Louisiana Purchase was surveyed.

The remains of the first public diamond mine in Arkansas.

On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.