Places j3taylor Wants to Go

This small village claims to be independent from Italy because it was left out when the nation was unified.

A monument commemorating how a frontier town got its unusual name.

The former home and studio of Belgian artist Antoine Wiertz is now a museum dedicated to his work.

A small but very fascinating fountain in the center of Rome with four books and a deer carved.

A glimpse of the Pacific Northwest‘s indigenous culture in Washington, D.C.

Built in the early 70s, the ruins of dinosaurs are all that remains of a man’s dream to build a free dinosaur themed mini golf course

Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.

Stay in an old lookout cabin atop Oregon's spectacular Winter Ridge.

The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.

Oregon's only closed-basin hypersaline lake, an important stopover for migrating waterfowl, is in danger of drying up completely.

This spectacular fault escarpment, a popular hang-glider launch point, extends some 30 miles long and towers about 2,500 feet over the valley floors to the west.

Although called a funicular by both its owner and the locals this historic railroad is actually a rack and pinion system.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.

This oversized flute-playing Ancestral Puebloan deity is also a landmark of Southwestern kitsch.

One of the largest private collections of fossils in the world.

One of the last "timber railroads" in the United States was finally abandoned in 1957.

Overshadowed by the theme park opposite it, this small museum explores a major moment in American history.

This large garden vase urn has nothing to do with the seventh U.S. President—it was designed by one landscape designer to honor another landscape designer's contributions to the National Mall.

An undeciphered text is inscribed on a mysterious stone slab.

This haunting monument honors the victims of 9/11.

Meet 'Big Josh,' the 20-foot-tall muffler man.

During World War II, over 13,000 people of Japanese ancestry were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated in this camp in the Idaho desert.

The oldest city park in Walla Walla is home to hundreds of birds, from wood ducks to white peacocks.