Places jackofalltrails Wants to Go

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

Trek up to an abandoned fire lookout from the 1930s for an unimpeded view.

Supplies are schlepped up by llamas at this century-old inn, accessible only by hiking trails in the Great Smokies.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

A museum built around a bus-sized fossil on the side of the highway.

The “City of Stairs” sits high in the Andes, above the world’s largest underground copper mine.

This remote camping site offers incredible stargazing opportunities.

This natural spring is the winter home to the largest gathering of manatees in the world.

The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.

One of the few places in the world where visitors can walk alongside fossilized tracks from 80 different dinosaur species.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

The ancient sauropod tracks found in this former quarry are some of the largest in the world.

This museum is known as the "Land of the Dinosaurs," but its full-scale dino models are just the start.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

This 170-year-old Swiss guesthouse built into the side of a mountain is best accessed by a cable car.

A Swiss magician's vault of oddities.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

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

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

This neo-Gothic monastery offers a rare chance to witness the unique maned wolf right up close.