Places jackofalltrails Wants to Go

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

This unique landscape is the only place in the world to dig for hourglass-selenite crystals.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.

These five houses were built for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

Only reachable by boat, a small Tanzanian national park is home to the chimpanzees that Jane Goodall spent her career studying.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

House a green chile pork Crunchwrap swaddled in hot, fresh tortillas.

This bar is filled with Star Wars merchandise from around the world, all of it unlicensed knockoffs.

A lonely chimpanzee lures you into a narrow alley leading to this hidden shrine.

Interactive museum complete with costumed re-enactors and the only known surviving chest from the Boston Tea Party.

A ruined mansion hidden in the woods of the Hudson Valley, home of a tragically doomed romance.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

The oldest purpose-built cinema still in operation also houses a museum of movie memorabilia.

This unfinished tribute to a hometown hero and early baseball great is now an abandoned roadside attraction.

In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

In 1909, the steepest and most difficult piece of track on the Canadian Pacific Railway was replaced with a series of spiralling tunnels cut into the mountains.

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A Texas-sized secondhand bookstore features 54,000 square feet of books, music, and media.

Near Dresden, a scenic medieval castle ruin offers atmospheric views, educational ties to forestry, and a glimpse into Saxony’s past.

On a clear afternoon, you can see mountain peaks more than 40 miles away from this clearing in the Pisgah National Forest.