Places jackofalltrails Wants to Go

The hallowed ground of one of the worst atrocities in United States history.

A whimsical monument marks the highest point in Kansas, not that you could tell by the looks of it.

A whimsical village of unique treehouses resides in a Washington forest.

An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

The unique location where the former president was rapidly sworn in.

Adobe ruins punctuate the beauty of an 800 foot canyon carved by the Canadian River.

This unassuming layer of clay boasts an out-of-this-world origin story.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

A remarkably well-preserved stage stop from the late 19th century in a remote part of Nevada.

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."

The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

The highest point in Wisconsin is capped by two towers that are not as mythic as Tolkien's but provide much better views.

As the glaciers retreated out of northern Wisconsin, this unique natural wonder was crafted.

The property contains 37 preserved animal effigy mounds constructed by Native Americans between 800-1100.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

A small ballpark on Maryland's eastern shore pays homage to its favorite son, the most fearsome home run hitter of the dead ball era.

Two geologically young and nearly circular volcanic subsidence craters, each about a half-mile in diameter, abruptly break the nearly featureless Snake River Plain.

This Idaho state park boasts the tallest single-structured sand dune in North America.

Press 1 for knock-knock jokes.

Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.