Places jackofalltrails Wants to Go

The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

A 10-foot segment of the concrete barrier stands quietly on the campus.

Time travel back to the 19th century and catch an old-timey baseball game at a 209-acre recreated village.

The United States's largest hand-dug well is topped with a state-of-the-art museum.

Deadly airliner crash preserved for those willing to climb and pay respects.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

A trading post in the North Pole where children send letters.

This electronics repair store celebrates the history of computers.

The remains of the second-oldest zoo in Europe can be seen within these library gardens.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

A plaque honors Miami's sister city in the Canary Islands, inviting one to reflect on their place in the world.

Ancient petroglyphs discovered only after a massive fire swept across Michigan in the 1880s.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

A wonderful collection of all things Oz is nestled in the heart of Kansas.

This massive, ancient canal system was built using only sticks and stones.

Swim in these hot springs filled with three-million-year-old water, deep in the Australian Outback.

The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

When California condors were hovering on the brink of extinction, this recovery program was charged with helping the birds thrive again.

This mission, established in 1771, is the most remote of California’s Franciscan missions.

This World War II-era bunker is now packed with posters and props from movies and TV shows filmed nearby.

This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.

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

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.