Places jackofalltrails Wants to Go

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

Over 300 taxidermied animals in a Californian restaurant make for a taxidermist's dream and an animal lover's nightmare.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

A thousand years old and the largest of its kind in the world.

You can dig for your own 52-million-year-old fish fossils.

The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.

This centuries-old mine remained hidden beneath a hotel bar until 2013.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

On the edge of the Valles Caldera National Preserve, these rock formations create an eerie landscape.

The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

The castle that provided the setting for much of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' is now a pilgrimage site for fans.

This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.

Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."

Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

Anyone can play paleontologist at this quarry that has Cambrian fossils galore.

A remote field of nearly pristine sand dunes in the heart of the Mojave Desert.

A unique arch graces the Dolores River Canyon near the Hanging Flume.

This wildlife trust is dedicated to orphaned elephant rescue and conservation.

You can stand in three U.S. states at once.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.