Places Holly Prz Wants to Go

A large, historic railroad trestle over the Columbia River is now open for non-motorized traffic.

One of Oahu’s best snorkeling and diving spots was created by warm water discharged from the nearby power plant.

Hawaii’s largest cemetery rests inside an extinct volcano crater.

The only mine for rare earth elements in the United States has been intermittently active since the 1950s.

Population: three people, two dogs, and one old grouch.

Try an original egg cream at this museum located inside one of the last surviving old-fashioned seltzer factories in America.

The largest Walmart Supercenter in the United States, referred to affectionately as “Mallmart,” has served the residents of Albany, New York, since 1994.

This down-home diner has been serving up comfort foods for over 100 years.

This 39-foot-tall version of a Hopi figure stands in Arizona.

This historic drug store-turned-museum served an important role in the Civil Rights Movement.

One man spent decades making these working scale models of antique cars.

At the site of the most dangerous crossings on the Oregon Trail, a museum explores the complex history of westward migration in America.

A Prohibition-era casino once hidden as a palatial tea room.

The oldest continuously-running professional dinner theater in the United States.

What else would you call a playground hidden in Alabama's oldest and largest cemetery?

The last remnant of a tree that helped prove to the world that sequoias are real—and they’re spectacular.

Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.

New York's transit system peddles terrible food in limited windows—this restaurant is a rare exception.

Water still flows through the oldest Spanish aqueduct in America.

The replica western town of Shadowhawk was built by a former Hollywood actor in Smithfield, North Carolina.

A former railroad trestle over Interstate 90 has been refurbished for non-motorized traffic on the Palouse to Cascades trail.

In 1859, the Virgin Mary supposedly appeared in this small town.

Pay your respects at the final resting place of the man behind one of the best-known names in food.

This Peruvian-Chinese institution has perfected the art of rotisserie chicken—alongside plantains and lo mein.