Places horsedumpster Wants to Go

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

This little valley along Highway 1 is engulfed by thousands of lilies during the spring season.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.

Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

A historic 1929 art-house cinema that features independent, classic, cult, and foreign films in an atmospheric setting.

A lone traffic cone perched on a ledge has remained unmoved since at least 2011, unofficially earning the status of a tiny Chicago landmark.

This extinct shield volcano is the lightning rod of the Cascades.

This steep slide at a kids’ playground went viral after an police officer tumbled down it.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.

This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.

This unassuming bridge is most likely one of Michelangelo's unfinished masterworks.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.