Places imcontolini Wants to Go

One of America's largest retail chains got its start in one of its most remote rural destinations.

This remote river crossing was a popular campground on American westward expansion trails, and a former Pony Express station.

The easiest way to the highest point in Wyoming is only accessible via one hefty fee.

One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.

This sandstone building is a relic of the Overland Trail.

A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."

The only natural lake in the world that drains into both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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

Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.

The world's largest mineral hot springs is home to a herd of bison, a free public bath house, beautiful mineral formations, and a terrifying swinging bridge.

It takes a nine-mile hike to reach these hot springs, but weary hikers are rewarded with stunning views and a warm soak.

The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

Inside this striking glass building, visitors can see thousands of dinosaur fossils in the positions that nature deposited them more than 150 million years ago.

This rural museum highlights Wyoming's era of trapping and fur trades, and hosts the annual Green River Rendezvous in July.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A collection of heirloom roses tucked in a spectacularly beautiful botanical garden on Lake Atitlan.

Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

This former insane asylum now holds a pathological anatomy museum.

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

Carved, egg-shaped stone with no explanation.