Places james 55ae9182 Wants to Go

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A herd of plastic cows hangs out under this transmission tower in rural Georgia.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.